{"product_id":"typewriter-beach-hardcover","title":"Typewriter Beach - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeg Waite Clayton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInstant \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller - \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e 5 Works of Historical Fiction to Read This Summer - Top 10 Library Read - \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10 Reads for a Beach Day - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Summer Read - \u003ci\u003eWoman's World\u003c\/i\u003e Book Club Pick - Zibby Books That'll Make You Swoon - AARP Summer Read\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in Carmel-by-the-Sea and Hollywood during its golden age, \u003ci\u003eTypewriter Beach\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story of the unlikely friendship between an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock's new star.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1957. Isabella Giori is ten months into a standard seven-year studio contract when she auditions with Hitchcock. Just weeks later, she is sequestered by the studio's \"fixer\" in a tiny Carmel cottage, waiting and dreading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, next door, Léon Chazan is annoyed as hell when Iz interrupts his work on yet another screenplay he won't be able to sell, because he's a blacklisted screenwriter. Soon, they're together in his roadster, speeding down the fog-shrouded Big Sur coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2018. Twenty-six-year-old screenwriter Gemma Chazan, in Carmel to sell her grandfather's cottage, finds a hidden safe full of family secrets--raising questions about who the screenwriter known simply as Chazan really was, and whether she can live up to his name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn graceful prose and with an intimate understanding of human nature, Meg Waite Clayton captures the joys and frustrations of being a writer, being a woman, being a star, and being in love. This captivating dual timeline novel is the story of two women separated by generations--a tale of ideas and ideals, passion and persistence, creativity, politics, and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.19 x 6.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036174991535,"sku":"9780063422148","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/7314\/1679\/files\/fWzTGRmJ499780063422148.webp?v=1781446127","url":"https:\/\/valuevaultclub.myshopify.com\/products\/typewriter-beach-hardcover","provider":"Value Vault Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}