Publication

1989 - HarperCollins Publishers, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

51,250 words, Guess

Page Count

205 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing93288
  • Goodreads2078304

Classifications

  • LCCPR6052.A3195 A97 1989

Description

It is 1950 and Stella has been taken on as assistant stage manager for a Liverpool rep company. She quickly becomes obsessed with their dissolute director, but when the celebrated O'Hara arrives to take the lead, a different drama unfolds. He and Stella are bound in a past neither dares interpret.

First Sentence

WHEN THE FIRE CURTAIN HAD BEEN LOWERED and the doors were at last closed, Meredith thought he heard a child crying.

Excerpt

WHEN THE FIRE CURTAIN HAD BEEN LOWERED and the doors were at last closed, Meredith thought he heard a child crying.

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  • An Awfully Big AdventureHarperCollins Publishers1989-01-01
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