From Man Booker Prize winner Anne Enright comes the brilliant and moving novel Actress, a story of celebrity, sexual power, and a daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths. Katherine 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. When her mother commits a bizarre crime as a result of her slipping grip on reality, Norah comes to understand the destructive love that binds an actress to her audience.
From Man Booker Prize winner Anne Enright comes the brilliant and moving novel Actress, a story of celebrity, sexual power, and a daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths. Katherine 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. When her mother commits a bizarre crime as a result of her slipping grip on reality, Norah comes to understand the destructive love that binds an actress to her audience.
From Man Booker Prize winner Anne Enright comes the brilliant and moving novel Actress, a story of celebrity, sexual power, and a daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths. Katherine 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. When her mother commits a bizarre crime as a result of her slipping grip on reality, Norah comes to understand the destructive love that binds an actress to her audience.