Did You Hear about Kitty Karr?: A Novel

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Elise caught Andy’s eye in the rearview as they sailed through the twenty-foot-tall black iron gates of the estate. And don’t even get me started on the reviews saying “Taylor Jenkins Reid did it better in Evelyn Hugo”.

When she passes away, the world is shocked to find Kitty left her multi-million dollar estate to her next door neighbors, the St.

In this sweeping and dazzling debut, I was ushered behind the velvet rope guarding the pristine glamour of Old Hollywood and whispered the wildly complex secrets hidden by larger-than-life on-screen personas. Their parents, working through a battle in their marriage, took up residence in Paris by that December, granting Elise family separation and consequent career growth. In the process, Elise discovers something about Kitty that she didn't know and finds herself as well. That said, the book does address several important issues: racism, colorism within the Black community, and sexism within the Hollywood machine.

Paul's debut is a riveting, often heartbreaking tale that explores race, privilege, and celebrity in America through the eyes of a one-of-a-kind character. The same still happens today lol so saying this plot point is “unrealistic” is laughable and so very ignorant. What could have worked better: The books portrait of colorism, racism, and life lived in segregated America was compelling.I don’t want to spoil anything, but it becomes clear pretty quickly (I think, at least) how they are connected to Kitty. John—three black sisters who have been famous since birth thanks to the accomplishments of their actress mother and musician father—the inheritance opens up a barrage of questions from the press and public. But that doesn’t stop Elise from being under an immense amount of pressure to answer their questions. As Elsie goes through Kitty’s journals, the narrative winds back to Kitty’s hardships in 1930s North Carolina and mid-century Hollywood glamour, and Elise learns that while Kitty passed as white, she was actually a light-skinned Black woman.