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Mirror, Mirror

by Paula Byrne
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Appeal: Glamorous Hollywood tale of beauty and pain.

Recommendation: "Mirror, Mirror" is a poignant tale of beauty, fame, and its cost. Paula Byrne weaves a mesmerizing and evocative story of Madou, a silver screen star, and her daughter, whose lives are shattered by the unrelenting pursuit of youth and beauty. This book is perfect for someone who enjoys stories about glamour, heartbreak, and the complexities of mother-daughter relationships.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Mirror, Mirror

by Paula Byrne
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ISBN: 9780008270544
Authors: Paula Byrne
Publisher: William Collins
Date of Publication: 2020-01-23
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.36
(rated by 76 readers)

Description

Madou is the most beautiful woman in the world.Discovered in a Berlin cabaret in the roaring twenties, Madou is brought by a film director to the glamour of Los Angeles. There, she becomes a superstar of the silver screen. She takes important men and women into her bed. Hitler wants her to return to Germany and become the star of the Third Reich, but she loves her life as Hollywoods darling.But the cost of beauty is always high, for those who have it and those who live in its shadow. Madous daughter knows the pain of being ordinary beside her shining, golden mother a woman who has bent and broken her, but whom she cant escape.Evocative and deeply moving, this is a novel of mothers and daughters that tells the terrible story of times war against beauty and the unbearable pain when a star begins to fade.
 

Appeal: Glamorous Hollywood tale of beauty and pain.

Recommendation: "Mirror, Mirror" is a poignant tale of beauty, fame, and its cost. Paula Byrne weaves a mesmerizing and evocative story of Madou, a silver screen star, and her daughter, whose lives are shattered by the unrelenting pursuit of youth and beauty. This book is perfect for someone who enjoys stories about glamour, heartbreak, and the complexities of mother-daughter relationships.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.