{"product_id":"actress","title":"Actress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Booker-winning Irish author, a brilliant and moving novel about fame, sexual power, and a daughters search to understand her mothers hidden truths\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of Irish theatre legend Katherine ODell, as told by her daughter Norah. It tells of early stardom in Hollywood, of highs and lows on the stages of Dublin and Londons West End. Katherines life is a grand performance, with young Norah watching from the wings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this romance between mother and daughter cannot survive Katherines past, or the worlds damage. As Norah uncovers her mothers secrets, she acquires a few of her own. Then, fame turns to infamy when Katherine decides to commit a bizarre crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eActress\u003c\/em\u003e is about a daughters search for the truth: the dark secret in the bright star, and what drove Katherine finally mad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly capturing the glamour of post-war America and the shabbiness of 1970s Dublin, \u003cem\u003eActress\u003c\/em\u003e is an intensely moving, disturbing novel about mothers and daughters and the men in their lives. A scintillating examination of the corrosive nature of celebrity, it is also a sad and triumphant tale of freedom from bad love, and from the avid gaze of the crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263843975462,"sku":"actress","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/7ac50966-0601-4bf1-9232-e644e322fa25.jpg?v=1701087049","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/actress","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}