Review: Reaching for the Gods by Laith Doory
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2012
Hollywood, Soap's and dreams all come together in this well written and define story of love, obsession and stardom.Merle LeBrune is a woman with a secret and in the celebrity obsessed world she lives in secrets are hard to keep. But as the lead in one of the most followed and loved soap's gracing TV land, Merle is determined to keep her past buried as deep as the roots of a redwood tree. But Merle has another problem, she is sure she is about to be fired from the leading role in her TV show. Frightened of losing her youth and her claim to fame, she will do anything necessary to maintain the status quo.Heidi, the daughter of Merle's live in love, is just as determined to make her life difficult. Full of teenaged angst, Heidi likes nothing better than to drive Merle to the edge of her patience and fortitude.Fantasy and reality come clashing together in this novel of the golden days of soap's and celebrity.Fun, realistic, compelling and nicely written this is a novel that brings all the elements of a hit series.Karen Bryant Doering,Parents' Little Black BookMistBlueEeyore@gmail.com