Like Venus fading - Hardcover

Marsha Hunt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 000225686X ISBN 13: 9780002256865

Publisher: Flamingo, 1998

Synopsis

A tale based on the life of Hollywood's first black sex goddess. Rising to the ranks of "the black Monroe" and receiving an Oscar nomination, Irene then descends into drunkenness and derangement. After her mysterious "death", she rises from the ashes to live out her days in tranquility.

About this title

About the Author:

Marsha Hunt was born in 1946 and grew up in Philadelphia. She studied at the University of California in Berkeley during the student riots of the 1960s but soon left for Europe. In London she made her name in the hit musical Hair. She has been an actress, singer and more recently an acclaimed novelist. She has one daughter and now lives with her partner in Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

Review:

Reviews of Repossessing Ernestine 'An amazing story, full of twists and turns, Dickensian coincidences and discoveries ... Repossessing Ernestine moves the reader to anger but should remind most people of what being human and humane is really about' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times 'No anger over the wrongs of the past could be as eloquent as this cool truth-telling. Let this book get a grip on you - you won't regret it' Jill Paton Walsh, Sunday Express 'I was moved to tears' Val Hennessy, Daily Mail

About this edition

• Publisher: Flamingo
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 000225686X
• ISBN 13: 9780002256865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320