After the death of her parents, Aria Jones is sent to live with her aunt, the actress Devine Rey, at the Chateau Marmont. In this alien environment, Aria meets two young actresses, Flitter and Calliope, who befriend her and the three girls refer to each other as sisters. She also meets the musician Theo Winchester and his daughter, Adele. Aria becomes Adele's governess.
But Aria soon realises that all is not well at the hotel and that the life of a young actress is full of additional challenges, especially when auditioning for parts in films directed by certain directors. She also begins to fear that the hotel is haunted by a ghost who wanders the corridors at night. It is not long before Aria realises that she might be a target of the ghost. Aria cannot afford to leave the hotel until she turns 21 so she must make the best of her life there until she can escape and really live the life she wants to live. Eventually the opportunity arises and Aria escapes the hotel to discover herself in Europe.
The Chateau on Sunset by Natasha Lester is largely a book about relationships and finding the true path but it is also about dealing with grief, learning to trust and living your own life. A major theme is the fight for the abolition of sexual power exerted over female actors by some men in the film industry.
The Chateau Marmont is a work of fiction set in a large hotel with the same name situated on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, since 1929. The hotel has become known as the home of the rich and famous.
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