SuitabookIdentity beneath a new public name
Sarah, a girl from a Welsh village, becomes the silent-film star Clara Hope and struggles to retain her sense of self.
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Veronica Bennett - Author
A historical-feeling story about a village girl remade as a silent-film star, with identity, ambition and control at its centre. It offers glamour alongside a cautionary view of fame and includes a revenge plot.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA historical-feeling story about a village girl remade as a silent-film star, with identity, ambition and control at its centre. It offers glamour alongside a cautionary view of fame and includes a revenge plot.
Sarah, a girl from a Welsh village, becomes the silent-film star Clara Hope and struggles to retain her sense of self.
Clara understands the power of moving images but not the megalomania of those who control them; the story also contains a revenge plot.
Be ready for themes of reinvention, exploitation or control, pressure surrounding fame, and revenge.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: another book-specific source is still needed; the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.