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005			20231009192737.0
008			191011s20202020nyu 000 1 eng d
020			_a9781324005629 (hardcover)
050	0	0	_aPR6055.N73 _bA63 2020
082	0		_aFIC ENR _2
100	1		_aEnright, Anne
245	1	0	_aActress : _ba novel _c/ Anne Enright.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York _b: W. W. Norton & Company
300			_a264 pages _c; 24 cm
520			_aKatherine O'Dell is an Irish theater legend. As her daughter Norah retraces her mother's celebrated career and bohemian life, she delves into long-kept secrets, both her mother's and her own. Katherine began her career on Ireland's bus-and-truck circuit before making it to London's West End, Broadway, and finally Hollywood. Every moment of her life is a star turn, with young Norah standing in the wings. But the mother-daughter romance cannot survive Katherine's past or the world's damage. With age, alcohol, and dimming stardom, her grip on reality grows fitful and, fueled by a proud and long-simmering rage, she commits a bizarre crime. Her mother's protector, Norah understands the destructive love that binds an actress to her audience, but also the strength that an actress takes from her art. Once the victim of a haunting crime herself, Norah eventually becomes a writer, wife, and mother, finding her way to her own hard-won joy. Actress is finally a book about the freedom we find in our work and in the love we make and keep.
546			_aEnglish
650	1	4	_aActress _x-Fiction
650	1	4	_aMothers and daughters _v--Fiction
942			_cMO
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