Go On Pretending

<h4 class=ql-align-center><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Three generations of women battle against the tides of history from segregated 1950s America to the fall of the USSR and the rise of revolutionary Rojava.</em></h4><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rose Janowitz is a pioneer in the 1950s golden age of television as she navigates the transition from radio to TV soap operas.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> But beneath the glitz and glamor lies a web of secrets. Rose's radical past and her hidden romance with Jonas Cain the African-American leading man who made </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Guiding Light</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> a hit on radio. How long will Rose be able to hide Jonas Cain's identity-and their romantic relationship-from the public and from Irna Phillips the formidable doyenne who invented the soap-opera a woman who makes-and breaks-professional careers on a whim.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In the 1980s Rose's daughter Emma Kagan abandons her privileged life in the USSR as the daughter of high-profile American defectors to return to the country of her parents' birth just as Mikhail Gorbachev announces the new openness known as glasnost. In the US Emma navigates the hypocrisy and inherent contradictions of the political left and the right as the collapse of the Soviet Union sends her scrambling for survival. Emma's search for a place to fully belong finds her looking for personal freedom in the strangest of places-with unexpected and often life-threatening results.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In 2012 Libby Emma's daughter and Rose's granddaughter embarks on a bold journey to Rojava Syria joining the Women's Revolution. Her search for utopia pulls Rose and Emma into the fray where family secrets long buried are unearthed amid the anarchy of war.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>New York Times bestselling author Alina Adams brings her unique perspective as a Soviet immigrant to the US who mastered English through soap operas to this multilayered tale. With a background in broadcast communications and a history of writing compelling narratives Adams captures the essence of each era with authenticity and emotional depth. From the author of the acclaimed historical novel </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My Mother's Secret</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Go On Pretending</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> offers a powerful exploration of the struggles for personal freedom and the enduring strength of family bonds.</span></p><p><br></p>