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Summary: The story of legendary movie star Joan Crawford as she struggles for her career and battles the inner demons of her private life. This torment manifests itself into her relationships with her adopted children, Christina and Christopher.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006

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Roberts, Nora.

Summary: With the help of a writer, a young woman seeks to confront her childhood past and learn the truth about the infamous night when her mother was murdered.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2011

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Summary: A witty, moving, and empathetic look into the orbit of actor Johnny Marco. You have probably seen him in the tabloids; Johnny is living at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood. He has a Ferrari to drive around in, and a constant stream of girls and pills to stay in with. Comfortably numbed, Johnny drifts along. Then, his 11-year-old daughter Cleo from his failed marriage arrives...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2011

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SOM

O'Neill, Heather.

Summary: "An enchanting story of twins, fame, and heartache by the much-praised author of Lullabies for Little Criminals"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ONE

Fisher, Joely

Summary: Actress, director, and entertainer Joely Fisher invites readers backstage into the intimate world of her career and family with this hilarious, irreverent, down-to-earth memoir filled with incredible, candid stories about her life, her famous parents, and how the loss of her unlikely hero, sister Carrie Fisher, ignited the writer in her.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 FISHER, JOELY FIS

Fisher, Todd

Summary: In December 2016, the world was shaken by the sudden deaths of Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds, occurring less than 24 hours apart. Debbie's only remaining child, Todd Fisher, somehow retained his grace and composure under the glare of the media spotlight as he struggled with his own overwhelming grief. In My girls, Todd shares his heart and his memories of Debbie and Carrie with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 FIS

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 FIS

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Entertain Fisher

Nimoy, Adam

Summary: "Living with Dad was like living with a stranger--as a kid I often had trouble connecting and relating to him. But I was always proud of him. Even before Star Trek I'd see him popping up in bit roles on some of my favorite TV shows like Get Smart, Sea Hunt, and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. And then one night he brought home Polaroids of himself in makeup and wardrobe for a pilot he was working on....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2024

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Pentland, Jenny

Summary: Jenny Pentland's childhood was a literal sitcom. Many of the storylines for her mother's smash hit series, Roseanne, were drawn from Pentland's early family life in working-class Denver. By adolescence, Jenny struggled with anxiety and eating issues, and she and her siblings were sent on a tour of the self-help movement of the '80s. In this memoir, Pentland reveals what it's like to grow up as...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 PENTLAND, JENNY PEN

Roberts, Nora.

Summary: Olivia's parents had been one of Hollywood's golden couples--until the night the monster came, the monster with the face of her father. Now, Olivia's father is in jail for killing her mother and she wants no reminders of the horror she saw as a child. But reporter Noah Brady is persistent, having been asked by Olivia's father to clear his name, and his persistence leads to justice for one and...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 1999

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ROB

Marcott, Lindsay.

Summary: Hannah Doran is the wild child of a charming Hollywood producer with perfect friends who is convicted of grand theft after a night of glamorous excess. She is smart, loyal and she insists, innocent of the crime that landed her in prison. She's determined to make something of her life, but it's hard to recast herself when everyone has a stake in her old role--her fascinating cellmates, her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane Books 2013

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAR

Roberts, Nora

Summary: ROMANCE. All I Want For Christmas: Identical twin boys Zeke and Zach only want one gift from Santa this year: a new wife for their lonely single dad, Mac Taylor, a builder who fixes things up in their small town. But convincing their love-wary dad that their music teacher, Nell Davis, is not only part of Santa's plan, but Mac's soul mate, isn't quite as easy as they'd hoped.. First Impressions:...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC ROB

Roberts, Nora.

Summary: Emma, the illegitimate child of a pop music star, is rescued from her violent, alcoholic mother by her famous father and brought into a world of glamour, wealth, and dark secrets.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1997

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Sagan, Sasha (Alexandra Rachel Druyan)

Summary: "Part memoir, part guidebook, and part social history, For Small Creatures Such as We is the first book from the daughter of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan--a luminous exploration of all Earth's marvels that require no faith in order to be believed"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SAGAN, SASHA SAG

McMullan Abramson, Leigh

Summary: Growing up in the nineties in New York City as the only child of famous parents was both a blessing and a curse for Isabelle Manning. Her beautiful society hostess mother, Claire, and New York Times bestselling author father, Ward, were the city's intellectual It couple. Ward's glamorous obligations often took him away from Isabelle, but Claire made sure her childhood was always filled with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABR
Call number: FIC MCM

Nelson, Colleen

Summary: "Fifteen-year-old Delilah "Dizzy" Doucette lives with her dad and brother above their vintage record store, the Vinyl Trap. She's learning how to spin records from her brother's best friend, and she's getting pretty good. But behind her bohemian life, Dizzy and her family have a secret: her mom is the mega-famous singer Georgia Waters. When this secret is revealed to the world, Dizzy's life...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dundurn 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NEL

Pearson, Ridley

Summary: "The polar ice caps have nearly melted away, causing devastation to coastal cities. Jon Kent and Damian 'Ian' Wayne are opposite in every way except one--they are the sons of the World's Greatest Heroes! To uncover a global conspiracy, this unlikely dynamic duo will need to learn to trust each other and work together to save the Earth."--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DC Zoom 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 PEA

Sherman, Casey

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Summary: "Hollywood starlet Lana Turner was one Tinseltown's most recognizable faces in the 1940s and 50s. But, when the Academy Award-winning actress began dating mobster Johnny Stompanato-a thug for west coast mob boss Mickey Cohen-all the lights and glamor of Hollywood did not brighten the darkness of her personal life. Johnny's intense jealousy over Lana ruled their relationship from the get-go and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2024

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 SHE

Pentland, Jenny

Summary: "A funny, biting, and entertaining memoir about coming of age in the shadow of celebrity and finding your own way in the face of absolute chaos, one that is both a moving portrait of a complicated family and an exploration of the cost of fame." --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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Vásquez, Juan Gabriel

Summary: "The Colombian film director, Sergio Cabrera, is in Barcelona for a retrospective of his work. It's a hard time for him: his father, famous actor Fausto Cabrera, has just died; his marriage is in crisis; and his home country has rejected peace agreements that might have ended more than fifty years of war. In the course of a few intense days, as his films are on exhibit, Sergio recalls the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAS

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAS

Zappa, Moon Unit

Summary: From Moon Unit Zappa, the daughter of musical visionary Frank Zappa, comes a memoir of growing up in her unconventional household in 1970s Los Angeles, coming of age in the Hollywood Hills in the 1980s as the "Valley Girl," gaining momentum as an accidental VJ on a new network called MTV, and finding herself after losing her father, then her mother, and the testing of her most important...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2024

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