{"product_id":"book-dtxp","title":"The Queen of Tuesday","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucille Ball, Hollywood’s first true media mogul, stars in this “bold” (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), “boisterous novel” (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) with a thrilling love story at its heart—from the award-winning, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eChang \u0026amp; Eng\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • “A gorgeous, Technicolor take on America in the middle of the twentieth century.”—Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nickel Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis indelible romance begins with a daring conceit—that the author’s grandfather may have had an affair with Lucille Ball. Strauss offers a fresh view of a celebrity America loved more than any other. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucille Ball—the most powerful woman in the history of Hollywood—was part of America’s first high-profile interracial marriage. She owned more movie sets than did any movie studio. She more or less single-handedly created the modern TV business. And yet Lucille’s off-camera life was in disarray. While acting out a happy marriage for millions, she suffered in private. Her partner couldn’t stay faithful. She struggled to balance her fame with the demands of being a mother, a creative genius, an entrepreneur, and, most of all, a symbol.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Queen of Tuesday\u003c\/i\u003e—Strauss’s follow-up to \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award—mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49327166488880,"sku":"BDdtxp","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/411569-dtxp-Square.jpg?v=1733686729","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dtxp","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}