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    GIVE YOUR HEART A BREAK
    GIVE YOUR HEART A BREAK
    GIVE YOUR HEART A BREAK
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    GIVE YOUR HEART A BREAK

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    Hal, the hero of Give Your Heart a Break, thought he could be just as successful as Jack Benny or any of the other club acts gaining acclaim during the late 1940s, but comedy is a tough business and he really needed the support of the woman he loves, Nell. The ups and downs of an entertainer’s career are still a problem for the stars of today, just as it was for Hal and Nell. The arrival of their beautiful baby boy, Pete, drove Nell to the breaking point. Would she have the strength to find a way to both provide a safe home for her baby and still support Hal’s desire to be a successful entertainer? Read Give Your Heart a Break and see if Hal and Nell remind you of anyone you know today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBroadLit
    Release dateApr 22, 2014
    ISBN9780989020053
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      GIVE YOUR HEART A BREAK - BroadLit

      True Love

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      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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      Give Your Heart a Break – 1948

      GIVE YOUR HEART A BREAK – 1948

      Originally published in the February 1948 issue of True Romance Magazine, the most popular women’s magazine of its day and the precursor to today’s People Magazine, Give Your Heart a Break is a story that focuses on the struggles so many men and women faced as they tried to go back to work now that World War II has ended. Even though war had raged during most of the beginning of this decade, people still craved entertainment, whether it was watching Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain, hitting the dance floor themselves, or going to clubs to see their favorite comic acts. Comedians and singers, such as Jack Benny and Frank Sinatra, were incredibly popular, as described in more detail on www.trulovestories.com.

      I was ashamed. It was terrible to feel, watching Hal. He wasn’t even aware that they weren’t laughing with him, but at him. He went right on, as though he were the top comedian on Broadway and they the most delighted of audiences.

      Mechanically, my fingers struck the chords on the midget piano. I was grateful then for the smoke and dim lights that wrapped me in half shadow. I was glad that soon this place with its long bar, its tall booths, the sawdust on the floor, the vulgar murals on the walls, the smoke, the constant murmur

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