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The Blackwoods, Brandy Colbert

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The Blackwoods

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Brandy Colbert

From Boston Globe/Horn Book Award--winning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of a famous Black Hollywood family--an unforgettable tale of ambition, fame, struggle, loss, and love in America. The Blackwoods. Everyone knows their name. Blossom Blackwood burst onto the silver screen in 1962, and in the decades that followed, she would become one of the most celebrated actors of her time--and the matriarch of Hollywoods most famous Black family. To her great-granddaughters, Hollis and Ardith, she has always just been Bebe. And when she passes away, it changes everything. Hollis Blackwood was never interested in fame. Still, shes surrounded by it, at home with her family and at the prestigious Dupree Academy alongside Los Angeless elite. When private photos of Hollis are leaked in the wake of Blossoms death, she is thrust into the spotlight shes long avoided--and finds that trust may be a luxury even she cant afford. Ardith Blackwood has always lived in the public eye. A television star since childhood, she was perhaps closer with Blossom than anyone--especially after her mother died from a drug overdose. Ever since, she has worked to be everything her family, her church, and the media want her to be. But as a family secret comes to light and the pressures from all sides begin to mount, she wonders what is left beneath the face she shows the world. Weaving together the narratives of Hollis, Ardith, and Blossom, award-winning author Brandy Colbert tells a boldly original story set in an America where everything is personal, and nothing is private

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