2018 October

A Showgirl You Should Know: Noel Toy Medium Noel Toy the “Chinese Sally Rand” She was unfairly called the “Chinese Sally Rand.” She was much more than an imitation fan dancer. Born Ngun Yee in 1918 in San Francisco to Chinese parents who emigrated from Canton, Ngun Yee was one of more than a half […]

Prologue Chicago, 1956 It had been a terrible day. A terrible few weeks, months, years if she was honest. September 26, 1956, was an unseasonably cold day in Chicago with temperatures in the 30s. It was evening and the roommates had been arguing for hours. Money, or rather the lack of it. The slender blonde […]