Review: Fire on The Mountain by Anita Desai.Review: Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta.Review : Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stepha.Review: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson.Review: Not Without You by Harriet Evans.Friday Favourites: Open Road, Tea, Books and Noteb.Review: The Teller of Tales by Bhaskar Ghose.General Whimsy: Stuff I Watch and Love.Always a good thing if an author can evoke that sort of a reaction! So, well written that you begin to feel pretty disgusted reading about it. and how fickle this beast called 'fame' is- are very written and well-captured. The actual mechanics of being a movie star- what is real, what is crafted and fake.The book shifted between the two time periods quite effortlessly, so that was good.I wished there was so much more of her and her story and significantly less of Sophie! I loved reading every little bit about her life. There are glimpses of old Hollywood- the good and the bad- which make for an engrossing read. The premise of this book is interesting- two Hollywood A-listers, separated by 50-odd years- and somehow their lives are inter-connected.And when past and present collide, Sophie must unravel the mystery around Eve’s disappearance to save them both-but is she already too late? One day, she simply vanishes: no one knows where she went, or why…Īs Sophie’s perfect-on-the-outside world begins to crumble, it seems her life might be linked to Eve’s. A product of the 1950s, Eve has none of Sophie’s modern self-confidence, but she knows she must follow her heart. In fact, he makes all the decisions for her-what to wear, when to smile, who to love. But in the process, she’s lost something of herself, too.Įve Noel didn’t choose her name. Living in Hollywood, she can forget all about her old life in England and the tragedy she left behind. But she hasn’t been called that for years, not since she became an A-list movie star. Sophie Leigh’s real name is Sophie Sykes. Plot Summary: From internationally bestselling author Harriet Evans comes an intriguing and fresh new novel about a famous modern-day actress whose fate becomes intertwined with a glamorous movie star from the 1950s who vanished many years earlier.

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