Divine Sarah
By: Adam Braver.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923 -- Fiction; Actresses -- Fiction; France -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Sarah Bernhardt was truly the first international star, and she caused a sensation wherever she went. Set during the course of one week in 1906 California, the novel opens with controversy. Facing protests from the League of Decency, she is forced to move her latest production from Los Angeles to the new development of Venice Beach. And though this is only the most recent skirmish she has faced in her tumultuous sixty-one years of life, Sarah is exhausted and beginning to lose the will to fight." "Plagued by maladies of the flesh and the spirit, she begins to search her soul, revealing the truths of her life, including the self-doubt and insecurity hidden beneath an extravagant and confrontational lifestyle. Yet Sarah is not alone in her battle. Vince Baker, an ambitious newspaper reporter, faces his own demons as he tries to uncover the truth about the great actress."--BOOK JACKET.