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The Hollywood Daughter by Kate Alcott

In 1950, Ingrid Bergman --- already a major star after movies like Casablanca and Joan of Arc --- has a baby out of wedlock with her Italian lover, film director Roberto Rossellini. Previously held up as an icon of purity, Bergman’s fall shocked her legions of American fans.

Week of February 5, 2018

Paperback releases for the week of February 5th include George Saunders' Man Booker Prize-winning novel, LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented; BEARTOWN, Fredrik Backman's instant New York Times bestseller about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything; UNRAVELING OLIVER by debut novelist Liz Nugent, a complex and disturbing psychological thriller about how and why a human being transforms into a sociopath; and Lynne Olson's LAST HOPE ISLAND, a groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler.