Barbara Ewing (3)

  ISBN 0738899690

Blurb from the book

How Did you Feel About Till Murder do Us Part?

Submitted by Karen on Mon, 10/09/2007 - 8:51pm.

Loved It

Liked It

Okay

Not quite my cuppa

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  ISBN 075152137X

Blurb from the book

Sometimes successful, often not, the life of an actress is never dull but what happens when you reach fifty? If you're an actor, the work pours in; if you're an actress, suddenly the wrinkles start showing, the boobs sag, that young sprite who's just left college last year is the tops. So it seems, anyhow, to this group of thespians, now all in their fifties, meeting for a drama school reunion.

There's Juliet, beautiful, brittle star of the stage, all out for her big screen break; lovely Pauline, a good actress in her own right but often overshadowed by her ebullient actor husband Anthony; blowsy, breezy, sexy soap star Molly; the three wise monkeys Emmy Lou, Franny and dear old Harry; sweet Izzy and gorgeous Terence Blue, Hollywood superstar, heart throb extraordinaire.

But age doesn't wipe out desire, ambition or memory. So when the celebrations culminate in an accusation of rape, the past comes flooding back and the present takes extraordinary and unexpected turns.

How Did you Feel About The Actresses?

Submitted by Karen on Mon, 10/09/2007 - 8:48pm.

Loved It

Liked It

Okay

Not quite my cuppa

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About the Author

EWING, Barbara ( - ) is an actor and novelist whose first novel, Strangers (1978) was not followed up by a second for twenty years, when The Actresses was published in 1997. Born and educated in New Zealand, Ewing has spent most of her life living and working as an actor in London. Mistakenly assumed by many critics and readers to be Ewing's first book, The Actresses was a popular and acclaimed novel. It is described in The Times as combining "elements of courtroom drama and comedy of manners, as well as sharp insights into the harsher realities of theatrical life."

Author's Website & Links

http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/ewing.html

Bibliography

• Strangers 1978
• The Actresses 1997
• The Misses Preston, of Bloomsbury 2007

Marlow O'Kelley Series

• Till Murder do Us Part 2001

Fiction

A Dangerous Vine 1999

The Trespass 2002

Rosetta 2006

Non-Fiction

• Disenchanted Evenings: A Girlfriend-to-girlfriend Survival Guide for Coping with the Male Species 2000

Is Barbara Ewing one of your favourite authors?

Submitted by Karen on Mon, 10/09/2007 - 8:44pm.

Hey, I'd read a Laundry List written by her!

Good, But I'll give the Laundry List a Pass.

Where Have I Been All My Life? I've never read her books

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