Preface -- Introduction -- Holding court -- French novels -- City of Promise -- The greatest publishing house in the world -- "They are our Shakespeares" -- First Days -- Think of me as Zayda -- Modern girl -- Golden age -- Correspondence school -- Forsaking all others -- What do you know about love? -- Codes and symbols -- Harbinger of change -- Soft rain at Botts -- Cobbler's child -- The Last real year -- Hanging on -- Between the Lines -- Saving the superheroes -- Small tributes -- Good enough -- Epilogue.
Summary:
""Daisy Bacon, the opinionated, autocratic and complex editor of Love Story Magazine from 1928 to 1947, chose the stories that would be read by hundreds of thousands of readers each week. The first weekly periodical devoted to romance fiction and the biggest-selling pulp in the early days of the Great Depression, Love Story sparked a wave of imitators that dominated newsstands for more than twenty years. Disparaged as "love pulp," the magazine actually championed the "modern girl," bringing its heroines out of the shadows of Victorian poverty and into the 20th century. With Love Story's success, Bacon became a national spokesperson, declaring that the modern woman could have it all-in love, in marriage and in the business world. Yet Bacon herself struggled to achieve that ideal, especially in her own romantic life, built around a long-term affair with a married man. Drawing on exclusive access to her personal papers, this first-ever biography tells story behind the woman who influenced millions of others to pursue independence in their careers and in their relationships." -- Provided by publisher.
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