02540cam a2200433 i 4500 1902883295 TxAuBib 20250131120000.0 231013s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023046798 9780063282902 paperback 0063282909 paperback TxAuBib rda Bryce, Denny S, author. Can't we be friends : a novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe / Denny S. Bryce and Eliza Knight. Can we not be friends. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, [2024] 374 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page 370). "1952: Ella Fitzgerald is a renowned jazz singer whose only roadblock to longevity is society's attitude toward women and race. Marilyn Monroe's star is rising despite ongoing battles with movie studio bigwigs and boyfriends. When she needs help with her singing, she wants only the best-and the best is the brilliant Ella Fitzgerald. But Ella isn't a singing teacher and declines-then the two women meet, and to everyone's surprise but their own, they become fast friends. On the surface, what could they have in common? Yet each was underestimated by the men in their lives-husbands, managers, hangers-on. And both were determined to gain. Each fought for professional independence and personal agency in a time when women were expected to surrender control to those same men. This novel reveals and celebrates their surprising bond over a decade and serves as a poignant reminder of how true friendship can cross differences to bolster and sustain us through haunting heartbreak and wild success"--Provided by publisher. 20250131. Fitzgerald, Ella Fiction. Monroe, Marilyn 1926-1962 Fiction. Singers United States Fiction. Women jazz musicians Fiction. Motion picture actors and actresses United States Fiction. Celebrities Fiction. Letters Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. African Americans Juvenile fiction. Los Angeles (Calif) Fiction. Historical fiction. lcgft Knight, Eliza, author. TXKIP