Its obvious from the start that the fate of the two actresses from different generations are intertwined, but how? An elegant, fun page-turner: imagine Kate Winslet obsessed with All About Eve. But where is Eve? Is she even still alive? And what can she teach Sophie about where she should go next? Eve Noel is her favourite actress - and she senses they have something in common. Except in her films by Sophie years later. In 1961 she disappears from the spotlight never to be seen again. Eve finds her life dictated by the studio and by her demanding husband. Suddenly the story rewinds to 1950s Beverly Hills and another actress, Eve Noel, with a career not unlike Sophies. But she knows from experience that the alternative - failure - is not something she wants to return to either. Shes not sure success is all its cracked up to be. Now people believe she chews cardboard to stay thin, shes allowed to turn up late wherever she goes - in fact shes expected to - and people film her on their camera phone when shes washing her hands in the toilets. Sophie Leigh is an actress who finds herself catapulted into the A-list when the budget movie shes starring in goes stratospheric. Not Without You by Harriet Evans is out now
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