Paper Star - Hardcover

Hayes, Mary-Rose

3.14

29 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525249753 ISBN 13: 9780525249757

Publisher: Dutton Adult, 1991

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In New York, British cartoonist Vera meets a group of writers and actors who help her bring her cartoon to the movies, but a sinister producer threatens their good fortune

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From Publishers Weekly:

Seventeen years old and overweight, Vera Brown finds escape from her stifling home life in rural England in drawing a strong, dynamic and beautiful comic strip character: Diana Starfire. Later landing a job as an au pair for a TV star in New York, Vera meets writer Sloane St. John Treadwell Jr., teen movie idol Arnie Blaize and hooker/actress-hopeful Jo-Beth Feeney. Diana Starfire becomes the glue of this group and the catalyst for their future endeavors. The friends are swept into the Hollywood world of power, seduction and fame when a California paper buys Vera's cartoons and Starfire evolves from a syndicated comic strip to the basis for feature films directed by the ruthless, troubled mogul Victor Diamond. During the filming of Starfire II , Saint, Vera, J.B. and Arnie learn tough lessons about life as Diamond's pawns; at the wrap party on location in exotic Mexico the protagonists launch a plan that has grave consequences. Like a comic strip itself, Hayes's ( Winter Women ) novel is a quick read, providing glimpses of passion, romance and suspense. Although coincidences and stereotypes abound, readers will no doubt enjoy another view of the seedy side of Tinseltown.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

The main character in Paper Star is Starfire, an elusive, glamorous alien--a comic-book character who captures the imagination of each of the four protagonists and catalyzes their relationships. Starfire's creator is Vera Brown, British, overweight, and tied to clinging parents. Determination and chance bring Vera to the United States, where she meets angst-ridden writer Saint, teen idol Arnie, and beautiful model/actress J.B. Vera falls madly in love with Saint, who is obsessed with J.B. but happy to work with Vera on the Starfire concept. Arnie also loves Saint. J.B., on the run from an abusive family, becomes the model for Starfire's face, but in the process takes Vera's creation away from her. Events come to a climax when Victor Diamond, a ruthless film producer, gains control of Starfire, and seeks to control her creators as well. Like all good glitz novels, this one has plenty of jet set backgrounds and Hollywood intrigue, but it is the characters who capture and carry the story. Recommended.
- Donna L. Schulman, Cornell Univ. Lib.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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