Movie review - "The Desert Rose" by Larry McMurtry (1983)

 Warm, fun, affectionate tale of an aging Vegas showgirl (ie late 30s) and her sixteen year old daughter. So The Gilmore Girls before then. McMurtry loves warm hearted hapless women and this book is full of them. He's maybe a little too warm hearted towards the creepy millionaire who marries the teenage girl. The Vegas milieu is well evoked. It's a warm book but the seediness of the world is still there.