Books Details
Author : Lindsay Jayne Ashford Pages : 351 pages Publisher : Language : ISBN-10 :
B06XR19D2P ISBN-13 :
Books Descriptions
From the author of The Color of Secrets and The Woman on the Orient Express
comes a poignant novel inspired by the Hollywood legend?and the secrets
of?actress Merle Oberon, famous for playing Cathy to Laurence Olivier?s
Heathcliff in the film Wuthering Heights. For nineteen-year-old Estelle
Thompson, going to the cinema is more than a way to pass the time?it?s a way
out. In 1931 in Calcutta, Anglo-Indian girls like Estelle are considered half-
breeds, shunned by both English and Indian society. Her only escape is through
the silver screen, where she can forget the world around her.When Estelle
catches the eye of a dashing American heir with connections to a major motion-
picture studio, he also captures her heart. Soon, Estelle has a one-way ticket to
London and a recommendation for a screen test.To get to the top, she must
keep her Indian heritage concealed?and so begins her new identity as movie
goddess Merle Oberon. But just as her dreams are poised to come true, she
discovers
