The Show Girl, Nicola Harrison
The Show Girl, Nicola Harrison
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The Show Girl
A Novel

Author: Nicola Harrison

Narrator: Imani Jade Powers

Unabridged: 11 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/10/2021


Synopsis

Nicola Harrison's The Show Girl gives a glimpse of the glamorous world of the Ziegfeld Follies, through the eyes of a young midwestern woman who comes to New York City to find her destiny as a Ziegfeld Follies star.

It's 1927 when Olive McCormick moves from Minneapolis to New York City determined to become a star in the Ziegfeld Follies. Extremely talented as a singer and dancer, it takes every bit of perseverance to finally make it on stage. And once she does, all the glamour and excitement is everything she imagined and more—even worth all the sacrifices she has had to make along the way.

Then she meets Archie Carmichael. Handsome, wealthy—the only man she's ever met who seems to accept her modern ways—her independent nature and passion for success. But once she accepts his proposal of marriage he starts to change his tune, and Olive must decide if she is willing to reveal a devastating secret and sacrifice the life she loves for the man she loves.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

About Nicola Harrison

Nicola Harrison is the author of Montauk, The Show Girl, Hotel Laguna and The Island Club. Born and raised in England, she moved with her family to Southern California when she was 14. She is a graduate of UCLA and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Stony Brook University. Prior to writing novels she worked as a fashion journalist in New York City, where she lived for 17 years. Now she resides in Manhattan Beach, California, with her husband, two sons and a high maintenance chihuahua named Lily.

About Imani Jade Powers

Imani is an actor and screenwriter who has appeared on and off Broadway, and has narrated about 120 audiobooks of all genres, mostly in the YA, fantasy/sci-fi, mystery, and non-fiction genres. She speaks French, has great facility with accents (specifically regional UK accents) as she's lived in Paris, London, and New York, and is constantly working on mastering new dialects. Her narration style is conversational, intimate, and warm and she’s been the recipient of an Audie and three Earphones Awards. She's been an avid reader since her childhood, so to get to marry her two loves of performing and reading in narration is a dream!


Reviews

Note: I received a free copy of this book. In exchange here is my honest review: I really enjoyed this one from the beginning. 🤗 Olive was very strong willed and determined to be a star, with or without the support of her parents. 🤩 I can only imagine how stifling it was to be a ‘independent modern’......more

Last summer, Nicola Harrison brought us the gorgeous book, Montauk, and this summer, she has delivered equally gorgeous, The Show Girl, a story set in NYC in the 1920s about Olive, a want-to-be new star in the Ziegfeld Follies. She can sing and dance with the best of them. Olive really is determined......more