LOOS, Anita

[215] pp.

Doubleday & Company

1951

First Edition

7 5/8″ x 5 3/8″

Drawings by Pallavicina

A Mouse Is Born is a 1951 comedy novel by the American author Anita Loos. It satirizes early Hollywood through the eyes of an ingenue actress Effie Huntress. It was her third published novel, a gap of twenty-four years since her second But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes. The novel is narrated by its protagonist, telling her yet unborn first child about her adventures in the film industry