Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

A multigenerational saga that traverses the Jim Crow South,the glamour of old Hollywoodand the seductive draw of present-day showbiz as secrets split a family tree into Blackwhiteand something in between When white silver screen icon Kitty Karr Tate dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the three Black St. John sistersit prompts questions. A celebrity in her own rightElise St. John would rather focus on sorting out Kitty’s affairs than deal with the press. But what she discovers in one of Kitty’s journals rocks her world harder than any other brewing scandal could—and between a cheating fiancé and fallout from a controversial social media postthere are plenty. And if this isn’t enoughher Vogue shoot has been complicated by the arrival of Jaspera handsome and knowing photographer who may offer the Elise a chance at her most authentic pose yet—if she can defy her publicistplan Kitty’s memorialand figure out how she really feels under the harsh gaze of the paparazzithe public—and her mother. The discovery that her longtime neighbor and mentor was her grandmothera Black woman who had been passing for white for over sixty yearsthreatens to expose a web of unexpected family tiesdebts owedand debatable crimes that couldwith one pullunravel the all-American fabric of her sisters and those closest to them. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? is a sprawling tale that explores the celebrity machinethe burdens of being Blackthe privileges gained by fading to whiteand the power that family secrets have to erode and complicate the lives of future generations.