The Queen of Tuesday – Audiobook Online

The Queen of Tuesday is a novel that blends fact and fiction to tell the story of Lucille Ball, one of the most iconic actresses in television history. The narrative is framed around the author’s own personal obsession with Lucille Ball, and his own experiences growing up watching her on television. The novel imagines a fictionalized relationship between Strauss’ grandfather, a Jewish businessman named David, and Lucille Ball. David meets Lucille while she’s still struggling to make it in Hollywood, and they quickly become friends and lovers. As their relationship blossoms, David becomes a regular guest on Lucille’s show, “I Love Lucy,” which becomes a cultural phenomenon.

The story is told through David’s perspective, as he navigates the ups and downs of his relationship with Lucille, and grapples with his own shortcomings as a husband and father. The novel also delves into larger themes, such as the cultural significance of Lucille Ball’s legacy, and the challenges faced by Jewish immigrants in America. The Queen of Tuesday is a touching and often humorous tribute to Lucille Ball, and a meditation on the power of celebrity and the complex relationships between public figures and their admirers.

• The Queen of Tuesday

• A Lucille Ball Story
• By: Darin Strauss
• Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert, Darin Strauss

A Washington Post Best Book of the Year : “A Splendid Technicolor of Mid-20th Century America.” (Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Nickel Boys)

This indelible romance begins with a daring conceit – that the author’s grandfather may have had an affair with Lucille Ball. Strauss offers a fresh take on a celebrity America loves more than anyone else.

Lucille Ball – the most powerful woman in Hollywood history – was part of America’s first high-profile interracial marriage. She owns more studios than any other studio. She more or less single-handedly created the modern TV business. However, Lucille’s off-camera life is in disarray. While going on a happy marriage for millions, she suffered privately. Her partner cannot be faithful. She has struggled to balance her fame with the need to be a mother, a creative genius, an entrepreneur, and most of all, an icon.

The Queen of Tuesday — the follow-up to Half a Life by Strauss, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award — blends fact and fiction, memoir and fiction, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew.

The story takes a long time to finally start moving; The writing style is excellent, but sometimes the author gets caught up in his own ego.

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