Welcome to my site. I’m Tara. This is my tribute to great writing and growing up in Hollywood. Like the infamous streets of Hollywood and Vine, sometimes my writing and history intersect. You never know what magic Hollywood has in store for you and that’s why I’m proud of Growing Up Hollywood.

GROWING UP HOLLYWOOD available on Amazon in advance of the official release date May 27, 2019

GROWING UP HOLLYWOOD TAKES A VIVID SNAPSHOT OF THE HOLLYWOOD THEY NEVER SHOW YOU IN THE MOVIES

TARA BOTEL DOHERTY’S BOOK GROWING UP HOLLYWOOD SHOWS HOW DECEIVING PERFECT PICTURES CAN BE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Los Angeles, CA — Author Tara Botel Doherty renders a vivid picture of what it was like to grow up in legendary make-believe Hollywood in the ’70s in the short story collection Growing Up Hollywood. Growing Up Hollywood officially releases May 27th, 2019.

Growing Up Hollywood reveals the face of the 1970’s Hollywood they never show you in the movies, the way it used to be before gentrification and big business development.

For people around the world, Hollywood is the land of hopes, dreams, and make-believe. Anything can happen on its tarnished and run-down streets, especially on the Boulevard in the 1970’s. But for Annie and Gracie, sisters aged 7 and 10, this is the place where they learn about life and people. As their mother and father edge toward divorce, these two young girls try to make sense of their lives amid the domestic chaos in their home on an unfriendly, dead-end street in the Hollywood Hills.

Throughout their adventures, as they grow up among the famous Hollywood landmarks, the two sisters find out that although a picture may look perfect, pictures are often deceiving.

Growing Up Hollywood depicts the Boulevard with its tacky and sometimes shady establishments, and the patrons who inhabit them. It portrays the eccentrics looking for fame and fortune among the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The snapshots are short vignettes recalling businesses that existed for decades along Hollywood Boulevard where its connection to its past glory still existed.

Ultimately, Growing Up Hollywood is more than a sharp photograph of one of the most famous places on Earth. It shows how our environment shapes our character. It is a reminder that we need to look passed the glitter and shine to find meaning and joy.

Growing Up Hollywood

By Tara Botel Doherty

ISBN: 978-0998464732

Pages: 197

Price: $15.00

Available in advance of the official release on Amazon

About the Author:
Tara Botel Doherty is an American author born in Los Angeles and raised a few blocks away from renowned Hollywood Boulevard. Finding her love for books and writing in her early childhood, she wrote her first book in first grade and never stopped. When Ms. Botel Doherty is not writing about her adventures in Hollywood, she teaches in the San Fernando Valley.

Tara Botel Doherty’s debut novel, Bread for the Table