{"title":"Lois Cahall","description":"Lois Cahall is the author of The Many Lives and Loves of Hazel Lavery, The Court of the Myrtles, and Plan C: Just in Case (Bloomsbury), a #1 bestseller in the UK remaining in the top three for fiction in 2012. Lois spent her early career writing women's, men's, food, and travel articles for Hearst and Condé Nast publications. She is the former creative director of development for James Patterson Entertainment and the founder of both the Cape Cod Book Festival (2024), www.capecodbookfestival.com, and the Palm Beach Book Festival (2015), www.palmbeachbookfestival.com. Both bring in New York Times bestselling authors.","products":[{"product_id":"maybe-marilyn-paperback","title":"Maybe Marilyn - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if, on the night of August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe didn't die?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat if she got away? Because all she ever dreamed of was to disappear and have a child.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarilyn Monroe would have turned 100 on June 1, 2026, and the world is preparing for a massive centennial celebration with official festivals and events focusing on her enduring impact on film, fashion, and culture. And then there's Lois Cahall's new novel...\u003ci\u003eMaybe Marilyn\u003c\/i\u003e... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarilyn Monroe's housekeeper, Eunice Murray, and her psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, were supposedly the only two people to ever see her dead. Five hours elapsed between the time they found Marilyn's body and the authorities were contacted. These facts beg the question: \u003ci\u003eWhy was the house rearranged, phone records seized, and evidence destroyed? Was her suicide staged?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in 2019, this is a novel about Marilyn Monroe the survivor instead of Marilyn Monroe the victim. When two young reporters get the tip of a lifetime, they go on an elusive search to find her--and learn a thing or two about history in the process. Whether they find Marilyn or not remains to be seen, but what they \u003ci\u003edo\u003c\/i\u003e find is her granddaughter--alive and well--living up on Cape Cod. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBiographers have long claimed that there is a world of devoted fans who \u003ci\u003ehunger\u003c\/i\u003e to bring their idol back to life. Their hunger has never waned. 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Together, they formed a love triangle that echoed through the corridors of power at 10 Downing Street, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHazel's wit and charm touched on the lives of the who's-who of England including Winston Churchill, George Bernard Shaw and Evelyn Waugh. The image of her memorable face graced the Irish note for close to half-a-century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eADVANCED PRAISE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Many Lives \u0026amp; Loves of Hazel Lavery sweeps the reader along in a riveting tale of thwarted desires, crushing duty, and inescapable destiny. Lois Cahall captures beautifully the echoes of past conflicts resonating anew.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eAmanda Foreman, author of the prize-winning bestsellers, \u003cem\u003eGeorgiana, Duchess of Devonshire \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Divided\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lois Cahall is a storyteller of verve and vibrant enthusiasm, and that is precisely who is needed to tell the tale of a woman who lived so many lives on a worldwide stage... Cahall tells the story with evident love and admiration for her intrepid subject, and Hazel Lavery is a name that we should all know.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eAllison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eFinding Margaret Fuller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Far too little is known about Hazel Lavery, but that is about to be remedied thanks to Lois Cahall's intimate portrait of this fascinating woman. She was an artist and a muse whose rare beauty made her both the subject of great art and the object of great passion. Cahall has mined real gold here in this novel, filled with meticulous research and a driving narrative. I was fascinated from beginning to end.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Renee Rosen, USA Today best-selling author, Let's Call Her Barbie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like one of John Lavery's portraits, Lois Cahall's \u003cem\u003eHazel Lavery \u003c\/em\u003eoozes love and passion, intrigue and imagination. To that canvas add chiaroscuro-loyalty and infidelity, diplomacy and assassination-and you have a novel almost Shakespearean.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eLarry Loftis, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Princess Spy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103739121887,"sku":"9781962465632","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/24ngQ0CHXn9781962465632.webp?v=1781097538"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/lois-cahall.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}