The Other Side of the Stars

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An unforgettable story of a young woman striving to find herself amidst the glitz and glamour of the film world.

Actress Lara Latner is enjoying a golden summer - her new play is the toast of London's West End, and she and her boyfriend Alex are setting up their first home together. But when her agent calls with an extraordinary opportunity - her potential break into Hollywood - she is plunged into turmoil. For the part, the lead in an American remake of a classic French film, is the role that made her mother, tragic actress Eve Lacloche, a legend. Lara does not know what to do. How can she bear to leave Alex, and their precious home for the months of the shoot How can she ever hope to measure up to Eve's luminous performance But perhaps it is only by stepping into her mother's shadow that Lara can hope to truly understand her, and to lay the past to rest.

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Clemency Burton-Hill is a journalist and actress. She is a contributing editor for the Spectator, and has written for the Observer, Guardian, Telegraph, Daily Mail and New Statesman, and has appeared on Question Time, Sunday AM with Andrew Marr, and Sunday Edition. Her recent acting credits include a lead role in The Palace, and in Party Animals. Two feature films, Shoot on Sight and The Wreck, will be released in 2008.