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Mar 3, 2020 · A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction in 2020. Longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction. A brilliant and moving novel about celebrity, sexual power, and a daughter’s search to understand her mother’s hidden truths. Katherine O’Dell is an Irish theater legend.
- Anne Enright
Mar 3, 2020 · “Actress” is a story about a daughter delving into the history of her famous actress mother. As Norah, the daughter, narrates the story, the reader is provided with a woman’s study of the female work and sexual struggle from early Hollywood era to current times.
Mar 3, 2020 · In Anne Enright’s novel “Actress,” a woman takes stock of her mother’s life, from stardom to obscurity.
From the Man Booker Prize–winner, a brilliant and moving novel about celebrity, sexual power, and a daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths. Katherine O'Dell is an Irish theater legend.
Mar 9, 2020 · Partway through “Actress” (W. W. Norton), Anne Enright’s captivating seventh novel, the narrator, Norah, advances a theory about her mother’s rise to fame.
Feb 24, 2020 · Her new novel, “Actress,” explores a mother-daughter relationship burdened by fame. The narrator is a novelist named Norah recalling the tumultuous life of her mother: Katherine O’Dell, the ...
Mar 3, 2020 · by Anne Enright (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 3.8 1,581 ratings. See all formats and editions. Longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction. One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020. “A critique, a confession, a love letter—and another brilliant novel from Anne Enright.” —Ron Charles, Washington Post.
- Anne Enright
