Maisie Mosco

The Price of Fame (eBook, ePUB)

An emotional saga of motherhood and family

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The post-War shadows are receding - but will they ever disappear?

Love and loss, success and failure, the joy of motherhood and the anguish of rejection - these are the patterns woven into Alison Plantaine's life. But her dedication to the theatre has ensured that her first loyalty will always be to her career. Her son Richard, is old enough to understand that for all her talent Alison most struggles to play the role of mother. Now, having been sent abroad to avoid the horror of war, he returns a rebel and rivals his mother in the theatre world. For, Alison this is the moment she must decide - make way for the sake of her family or stay true to the art that has meant so much to her.

A gripping saga of duty and love from a much-loved novelist, perfect for fans of Rita Bradshaw and Margaret Dickinson. Praise for Maisie Mosco 'Once in every generation or so a book comes along which lifts the curtain' Guardian 'Full of freshness and fascination' Manchester Evening News "The undisputed queen of her genre' Jewish Chronicle

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781788639132
• Artikelnr.: 58742270

Autorenporträt

Maisie Mosco was born in Oldham in 1924, the eldest of three children. Her parents were of Latvian Jewish and Viennese Jewish descent, and both sides emigrated to England around 1900. She wanted to study medicine, but had to leave school at the age of 14 to help in the family business. She joined the ATS aged 18, and ended the war helping illiterate soldiers to read. After the war, she edited The Jewish Gazette, and wrote radio plays for the BBC. The author of sixteen novels, she died in London in 2011, aged 86.