'Written with all the ingenuity and twisty tautness of a thriller' The Times From the
Booker-winning Irish author a brilliant and moving novel about fame sexual power and a
daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths. This is the story of Irish
theatre legend Katherine O'Dell as told by her daughter Norah. It tells of early stardom in
Hollywood of highs and lows on the stages of Dublin and London's West End. Katherine's life is
a grand performance with young Norah watching from the wings. But this romance between
mother and daughter cannot survive Katherine's past or the world's damage. As Norah uncovers
her mother's secrets she acquires a few of her own. Then fame turns to infamy when Katherine
decides to commit a bizarre crime. Actress is about a daughter's search for the truth: the
dark secret in the bright star and what drove Katherine finally mad . . .
