Book description
When Lisa Gee's six-year-old daughter, Dora, goes to an open audition
for the West End production of The Sound of Music, it's just a
fun way to occupy some time in the Easter holidays. But when Dora
unexpectedly lands the role, Lisa soon learns that Dora's brush with
fame has less to do with paparazzi and lucrative paydays and more to
do with endless rehearsals and outsize egos.
Part fairy tale, part cautionary tale, this is the hilarious,
engaging account of one child's step into the limelight. From the
initial try-out with over a thousand Von Trapp hopefuls to performing
on the London stage with Connie Fisher and an encounter with Julie
Andrews, mother and daughter navigate the minefield of rehearsals,
auditions and fame. This is a heart-warming glimpse into the sometimes
not-so-glamorous world of show business and the delicate balance
between being proud and being pushy. Stage Mum is a story for
every parent who dreams big and every child who dreams bigger.
Lisa Gee is the author of
Friends: Why Men and Women Are From the
Same Planet
(Bloomsbury, 2004), the editor of
Bricks Without Mortar: the
selected poems of Hartley Coleridge
(Picador, 2000) and of the Orange Prize for Fiction website. She writes
book reviews and features for the national press (including the
Independent
, the
Guardian
and the
Telegraph
) and lives in Harlesden, north-west London, with one performing child
and her husband, a children's party entertainer.
