Step into the glittering lives of Hollywood America, as scrubbed, wiped, and polished by immigrant women. In My Hollywood by Mona Simpson, composer and new mother (Claire) hires a Filipina nanny (Lola) who is raising the money to send her youngest daughter through medical school. The two women take turns telling their stories in sharply contrasting, but equally compelling voices. Entertainment Weekly‘s reviewer raved “a character as rich as Lola won’t easily fade from anyone’s mind.”
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