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The mother act : a novel / Heidi Reimer.
"A clever and propulsive debut novel tracing the complicated relationship between a larger-than-life actress who refuses to abandon her career for motherhood, and the daughter she chooses to abandon instead, as they confront one another once and for all"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781039002197 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 383 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Random House Canada, 2024.
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| Subject: | Actresses > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Motherhood > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | FIC Reime | 31681010370112 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
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"Propulsive and affecting.... This is worthy of a standing ovation." âPublishers Weekly (starred review)
Set against the sparkling backdrop of the theater world, this propulsive debut follows the relationship between an actress who refuses to abandon her career and the daughter she chooses to abandon instead.
Sadie Jones, a larger-than-life actress and controversial feminist, never wanted to be a mother. No one feels this more deeply than Jude, the daughter Sadie left behind. While Jude spent her childhood touring with her fatherâs Shakespearian theater company, desperate for validation from the mother she barely knew, Sadie catapulted to fame on the wings of The Mother Actâa scathing one-woman show about motherhood.
Two decades later, Jude is a talented actress in her own right, and her fraught relationship with Sadie has come to a scandalous head. On a December evening in New York City, at the packed premiere of Sadieâs latest play, the two come face-to-face and the intertwined stories of their lives unfoldâcolorfully and dramatically. What emerges is a picture of two very different women navigating the complicated worlds of career, love, and family, all while grappling with the essential question: can they ever really understand each other?
Compelling, insightful, and cleverly conveyed as a play in six acts, The Mother Act is a stylish page-turner that looks at what it means to be a devoted mother and a devoted artistâand whether it is possible to be both.
