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Once upon a time in the beautiful land of Laguna Beach, California, lived a girl named Rachel. She was curious, clever, and like any hopeful heroine, committed to forging her own path in life. She yearned for more than an ordinary existence and a boring nine to five, so she joined the world of adult entertainment, where she finally felt fulfilled. However, her fairy tale began to crumble when at the mere age of twenty, her father passed away, leaving her evil step-mother in charge of his estate, and Rachel disowned.

Lucy Sante has often felt like an outsider. Born in Belgium to conservative Catholic working-class parents, she was transplanted to the United States without ever entirely settling here. But a feeling of home finally arrived when she moved to New York City in the early 1970s amidst her fellow bohemians. Through those electric years, some of her friends would die young, from drugs and AIDS, and others would become jarringly famous. Lucy flirted with both fates, on her way to building a glittering career as a writer. But she could never shake that feeling.

The 1960s and 70s were decades like no others - radical, experimental, libertine. Grace Robbins chronicles the rollicking good times, peppering her memoir with anecdotes of her encounters with luminaries from the world of entertainment and the arts - not to mention most of Hollywood. The couple was at the center of a globetrotting jet set, with mansions in Beverly Hills, villas and yachts on the French Riviera and Acapulco. Their life rivaled - and often surpassed - that of the characters in his books.

تشكل قصص الحب دوماً منبعاً للحكايات والشائعات والروايات والشعر والأدب، ويكون تأثيرها مضاعفاً إذا كان أطراف هذا الحب من المشاهير من مطربين أو ممثلين لهم جمهور عريض يحبهم ويلاحق أخبارهم وتفاصيل حياتهم الشخصية، والآن بعد سنوات طويلة من الوفاة الاثنين يصدر هذا الكتاب للصحفي أضرف غريب ليحقق ويتحدث ويحلل تفاصيل علاقة العندليب الأسمر عبد الحليم هافظ والسندريللا سعاد حسني.

In keeping with The Rehearsal Club mission to “preserve its legacy,” a national network of former residents came together to tell their stories while living at The Rehearsal Club. Spanning four decades, 1940s-1970s, The Rehearsal Club “Cinderellas” (coined by TV Guide in the 1950s) captures New York City and Broadway history while charting the journey leading to The Rehearsal Club’s incorporation in 2019.