The Magnificent Esme Wells (Audiobook)

from Beamis12

This is Esmes story, a story full of glitz and glsmour, but also sorrow and heartache. A mother who is a show girl in B films and a father who is an inveterate gambler and risk taker. Not a stable childhood, moving from place to place, not stable but definitely interesting. Enter sorrow and Esme ...

from Cherylk

I just loved this coming of age story about Esme. Her family may not have been a conventional one but it was her family. Her father was a strong presence in her life. Again, he may not have won any "best father of the year" awards but he still loved Esme. Esme got her beauty from her mother. This...

from linda.marsheells

Historical fiction, that brings to life the era of the mob in Vegas in the 50's. The Jewish mob. As seen thru the eyes of 'Baby E' , the lonely child of a gangster wannabe and a beautiful. stage dancer wannabe. I really enjoyed it! What kept this book from being full-fledged 5 * 's, is the back a...

from etxgardener

A dark coming of age story set in Los Angeles and Las Vegas in the 1940's and 1950's. Esme Wells is the young daughter of feckless parents - a mother who dreams of being a movie star, but never emerges from a Busby Berkley chorus line and a father who is a small time failed gambler and gangster w...