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Readers are loving SOLA: Hollywood, McCarthyism, and a Motherless Childhood Abroad. Not unlike Julietta's prose, the most recent 5-star review took our breath away.
Have you picked up your copy yet? (If yes, we can't wait to hear what you thought!)
SOLA is now available at all major retailers and independent bookshops worldwide. https://amzn.to/3TsiMzR
Mark your calendars!
Join Julietta Appleton, author in person for a reading and book signing at Katonah Village Library on November 11. đ
Come and see me November 11th!
SOLA: Hollywood, McCarthyism, and a Motherless Childhood Abroad is out NOW! Thank you to The North Salem Post for featuring Julietta Appleton, author in today's issue.
Her memoir details "Hollywood, McCarthyism and a motherless childhood abroad.â
Happy launch day to SOLA: Hollywood, McCarthyism and a Hollywood Childhood Abroad, by Julietta Appleton, author.
We are thrilled to bring this book into the world and can't wait to hear your thoughts.
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It's , and this year's theme is "Books Unite Us; Censorship Divides Us."
Censorship â of political leanings and personal beliefs â and its effects is a topic SOLA's author, Julietta Appleton, author experienced firsthand as a child.
We can't wait for her story to unite readers.
SOLA: Hollywood, McCarthyism and a Motherless Childhood Abroad debuts TOMORROW.
Sola: Hollywood, McCarthyism, and a Motherless Childhood Abroad
The path to finding yourself is always uncharted. Appleton, author forged her path across continents and against the backdrop of McCarthyism in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Check out her story: https://bit.ly/BookshopSOLA
"McCarthyism didn't just affect the Hollywood players-the actors, directors, writers, and all the people behind the scenes like my father. It affected the wives and husbands of those named, too, as a whole cadre of people were now jobless or penniless, some living with friends, others leaving the co...
Juliettaâs story about finding herself in a time where women â let alone young women â had little agency to experiment and find themselves is a must-read.
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Itâs almost here! Pre-order your copy of SOLA today from Amazon, Bookshop, or your favorite independent bookseller.
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Coming to bookshelves in ten days! SOLA: Hollywood, McCarthyism, and a Motherless Childhood Abroad
After her fatherâs career was destroyed by McCarthyism, and her motherâs sudden death, Julietta and her father moved across Europe finding community with others in the industry who also had to carve out new lives. From Austria to Italy, Ibiza to the Canary Islands, Julietta sought to find a place where she belonged in a world where she was always an outsider defined by others. Too American. Not American enough. Motherless. Jewish. Alone. In SOLA, Julietta shares the childhood experiences that led her to a career in reproductive rights and maternal health, empowering others where she felt lost and voiceless. Pre-order today on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Bookshelf.org, or ask your favorite indie bookstore to order!
SOLA: Hollywood, McCarthyism, and a Motherless Childhood Abroad is a story of love, loss, and a woman's search for herself.
Now available for preorder: https://bit.ly/BookshopSOLA
âA riveting voyage of self-discovery.
Her prose, at once rich and precise, brings everywhere and everyone to lifeâŚ
You will want to make this journey with her.â â Wendy Salinger, author of Folly River
Preorder SOLA: Hollywood, McCarthyism, and a Motherless Childhood Abroad today: https://amzn.to/3TsiMzR
Monday reminder: If you write, you are a writer. Keep going.
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"I know that Appleton's experiences are very different from mine, but at the end of the day, as a woman I have felt the same fear, rage, and desire to do more for my gender as her. It was an unexpected and incredible journey to read her memories, know this woman, and learn that we are not alone but accompanied by our women ancestors."
Pre-order your copy at https://bit.ly/BookshopSOLA and support your local indie bookstore today.
Uber-big book retailers like Amazon and B&N are the popular kids in the publishing world, and theyâre making it harder and harder to sit with them.
So, how do we compete? Look to your indie bookstores, the drama club kids of the publishing world. The creative, talented ones who refuse to follow the trends and instead create their own.
Writers sounded the alarm after learning Barnes & Noble stores would only be stocking hardcovers with proven sales records. Here's more on what this means.
Coming soon! đ SOLA: Hollywood, McCarthyism, and a Motherless Childhood Abroad
While history books are rife with information about the how behind Sen. Joseph McCarthyâs campaign to discover âsubversivesâ hiding throughout America, .appletonâs autobiography explores the reality and impact of the 1950s witch hunt on the lives and families of those accused. Pre-order now!
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Un-American. Unmothered. Untethered. SOLA: Hollywood, McCarthyism, and a Motherless Childhood Abroad by Julietta Appleton is available for pre-order.
In the US at Amazon.com, Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million
In Canada at Indigo, Chapters and Coles and Amazon.ca
In the UK at Amazon.co.uk and Blackwell's Bookshop
In Australia at Booktopia and Amazon-Australia
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From McCarthy-era Hollywood to expat Ibiza, Peggy Guggenheimâs Venice to the shores of the Canary Islands, young Julietta grew up in a world where she never quite fit in. A motherless daughter with an âun-Americanâ father, searching for a place to belong, a place to be heard, and a place to call home.
SOLA: Hollywood, McCarthyism, and a Motherless Childhood Abroad available September 20, 2022. Preorder your copy today: https://www.amazon.com/Sola-Hollywood-McCarthyism-Motherless-Childhood/dp/B0B6XGV15P/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1659633524&sr=8-2
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our first book, SOLA: Hollywood, McCarthyism, and a Motherless Childhood Abroad!
Written by Julietta Appleton, SOLA tells the story of young Juliettaâs life after her father is âcrushed like a bugâ by McCarthyism in the midst of a successful Hollywood career.
Coupled with her mother's sudden death, young Julietta exists in a world where she doesn't ever quite fit. Un-American. Unmothered. Untethered.
While living in ex-pat communities of artists and writers across Europe - from Italy to Ibiza to the Canary Islands - and upon returning to the US, Julietta searches for a place to belong, a place where she can be heard, and a place to call home.
SOLA is now available for pre-order for publication in September 2022. We canât wait to share this story.
SOLA: Hollywood, McCarthyism, and a Motherless Childhood Abroad
A memoir by Julietta Appleton
In the midst of a successful Hollywood career, Julietta Appletonâs father is âcrushed like a bugâ by McCarthyism. Coupled with her motherâs sudden death, young Julietta exists in a world where she doesnât ever quite fit. Un-American. Unmothered. Untethered. While living in ex-pat communities of artists and writers across Europe, and upon returning to the US, Julietta searches for a place to belong, a place where she can be heard, and a place to call home.
A story of love, loss, and a womanâs search for herself.
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