The Girls in the Picture

Hollywood, 1914. Frances Marion, a young writer, meets "America's Sweetheart," Mary Pickford. Together, these two women will take the movie business by storm. Mary's annual salary in 1919 was $625,000. Frances was one of the most important female screenwriters of the 20th century. This is a novel about the power of women, the imbalance of power, and the sacrifices women make in order to succeed.