#ReadThis #DIVA by #DaisyGoodwin
To be clear, we are always on Team Jackie, our MPS fellow ancient.
But drumroll please, this is a work of FICTION!
Do not be misled.
St. Martin's Press starting tomorrow has got an entertaining read for the most stylish it-girls around the world, and it centers on Greek Musical Siren Maria Callas! You know when Peachy is not eating Greek at Ammos, she is reading about Greek people...and not only Peachy but also our whole Read This panel was entirely amused with this tale!
Previously on Whom You Know, author Daisy Goodwin was lauded for her work with Victoria and Masterpiece PBS. Daisy absolutely intelligently utilizes her creative direction in Diva and we also liked the cover art.
Not all gifts from God are children and they don't have to be: we quite concur! Lots of smart sayings are sprinkled throughout to regale you in particular! The stars of their time like Cary Grant and Grace Kelly we are pleased to see appear in cameo, book cameo that is!
New York plays a part in this right off the bat as it is where Callas was born, and we believe this read will especially appeal to the ladies that lunch crowd! All socially-acclimated people will enjoy Diva. It is lovely escapism: just what you need to warm you up in the dead of winter. Glamour, glitter and fun await you.
And of course, always make your OWN ending.
Diva is Recommended by Whom You Know.
New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world in her latest novel, DIVA (St. Martin’s Press, January 23, 2024, $29.00).
In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas was known simply as la divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice, instinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beauty, she was the toast of the grandest opera houses in the world. But her fame was hard won: raised in Nazi-occupied Greece by a mother who mercilessly exploited her golden voice, she learned early in life to protect herself from those who would use her for their own ends.
When she met the fabulously rich Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, for the first time in her life, she believed she’d found someone who saw the woman within the legendary soprano. She fell desperately in love. He introduced her to a life of unbelievable luxury, showering her with jewels and sojourns in the most fashionable international watering holes with celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
And then suddenly, it was over. The international press announced that Aristotle Onassis would marry the most famous woman in the world, former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, leaving Maria to pick up the pieces.
In this remarkable novel, Daisy Goodwin brings to life a woman whose extraordinary talent, unremitting drive and natural chic made her a legend. But it was only in confronting the heartbreak of losing the man she loved that Maria Callas found her true voice and went on to triumph.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
DAISY GOODWIN is the author of the New York Times bestselling novels The American Heiress and The Fortune Hunter. She attended Columbia University's film school as a Harkness scholar after earning a degree in history at Cambridge University, and was Chair of the judging panel of the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction. She is the screenwriter and executive producer of the PBS/Masterpiece drama Victoria. She lives in London.
