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ActressbyAnne Enright

ActressbyAnne Enright


Katherine ODell is an Irish theater legend. As her daughter Norah retraces her mothers celebrated career and bohemian life she delves into long-kept secrets both her mothers and her own.Katherine began her career on Irelands bus-and-truck circuit before making it to Londons West End Broadway and finally Hollywood. Every moment of her life is a star turn with younKatherine ODell is an Irish theater legend. As her daughter Norah retraces her mothers celebrated career and bohemian life she delves into long-kept secrets both her mothers and her own.Katherine began her career on Irelands bus-and-truck circuit before making it to Londons 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 Katherines past or the worlds 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 mothers 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 a book about the freedom we find in our work and in the love we make and keep.(less)