A novel examining celebrity and a mother-daughter relationship affected by the mother’s stage fame. AE – another former Booker winner – shifts between Hollywood and 1970s Dublin.
Actress
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£16.99
Edition:Hardback978178733206520/02/2020
Categories: 04. Books for the New Year 2020: Fiction, Books for the New Year 2020, Fiction
Tags: Dublin, Family life fiction, Individual actors and performers, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, London, Greater London, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, United States of America, USA
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