TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hornby,Nick
TI  - Funny girl
T2  - Thorndike Press large print core
SN  - 1410478181
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Farmington Hills, Mich.
PB  - Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
KW  - England
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Large type books
N2  - In swinging 60s England, the nation is mesmerized by unlikely comedy star Sophie Straw, the former Blackpool beauty queen who just wants to make people laugh, like her heroine Lucille Ball. Behind the scenes, the cast and crew are having the time of their lives. But when the script begins to get a bit too close to home, and life starts imitating art, they all face a choice. The show's writers, Tony and Bill, comedy obsessives, each harbour a secret. The Oxbridge-educated director, Dennis, loves his job but hates his marriage. The male star Clive, feels he's destined for better things. And Sophie Straw, who changed her name and abandoned her old life, must decide whether to keep going, or change the channel
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