After her mother's death in 1963 Susanna Moore leaves Hawaii to go and live with her grandmother in Philadelphia. She works at a department store and is given suitcases full of fancy clothes by a family friend who feels sorry for her. This gift helps Susanna on her way to a more glamorous life and a new career. She moves to Los Angeles and begins modelling and acting before eventually working as a script reader for Warren Beatty.

In LA, she befriends a star studded cast of well-known Hollywood celebrities including Joan Didion, Audrey Hepburn and Jack Nicholson. In this memoir, Moore explores her past relationships, how she escaped her childhood and forged a living before figuring out exactly what it was she wanted to do. The parts about Hollywood in particular were full of name drops and gossip but I didn't see this as a disadvantage as I secretly love learning about salacious details of famous people's lives!

Miss Aluminium is a fascinating insight into late 1960s-1970s Hollywood and the life before Susanna Moore became a writer.

It's an intriguing and interesting read and I liked the style of writing and the discretion in never airing gossips or other dirty rags.
I recommend it.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

Miss Aluminium is an interesting read, it's not overly flashy or gossipy but it does give out some interesting facts and it's an intriguing read for those who enjoy reading about Hollywood.

Gosh, who knew that Susanna ' In The Cut' Moore had had such a life, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous in 1960s/1970s Hollywood? That said, this is more straight than gossipy: a lot of famous people are mentioned in these pages but Moore doesn't dish the trash - instead this is about her life, from model to bikini-clad extra to some kind of agency. She documents her lovers, some of whom are in the Hollywood hierarchy, some of whom are married, but with little commentary. If you're hoping for a real-life Valley of the Dolls, this isn't it.