Book description
>Nell, insecure and dumpy, wonders if she will ever be cast as
anything other than the maid. She'll never compete, she knows this, with
the multitude of confident, long-legged beauties thronging the
profession - most notably Charlie, whose effortless ascendance is
nothing less than she expects. While Dan, ambitious and serious, has his
sights fixed on Hamlet, as well as on fiery, rebellious Jemma.
Over the following decade these young actors will grapple with haphazard
tours, illogical auditions, unobtainable agents, deluxe caravans, rocky
relationships and red-carpet premieres. This dazzling new novel from
Esther Freud uncovers a world of ruthless ambition, uncertain alliances
and the many-sided holy grail of Success.> >Nell, insecure and
dumpy, wonders if she will ever be cast as anything other than the maid.
She'll never compete, she knows this, with the multitude of confident,
long-legged beauties thronging the profession - most notably Charlie,
whose effortless ascendance is nothing less than she expects. While Dan,
ambitious and serious, has his sights fixed on Hamlet, as well as on
fiery, rebellious Jemma.
Over the following decade these young actors will grapple with haphazard
tours, illogical auditions, unobtainable agents, deluxe caravans, rocky
relationships and red-carpet premieres. This dazzling new novel from
Esther Freud uncovers a world of ruthless ambition, uncertain alliances
and the many-sided holy grail of Success.>
