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Alison Plantaine #2
A Sense of Place
Alison Plantaine is London's most beautiful actress, the product of a distinguished theatrical family. But her Jewish heritage, kept secret from her audiences for years, remains a powerful influence in her life as she struggles to create a home for her unconventional family.
Accustomed to the boundless devotion of her cousin, Emma, and her agent, Maxwell Morton, Alison has made her work her first love. But it takes an act of passion with a stranger in enemy territory to bring Alison closer to her family ties and faith.
From the glamour of the London stage to the gloom of pre-war Berlin, Alison captures every audience, bringing friends and lovers into her magical world. For she is a woman whose ultimate destiny waits in the wings, in this compelling novel of the many sacrifices made for love.
Accustomed to the boundless devotion of her cousin, Emma, and her agent, Maxwell Morton, Alison has made her work her first love. But it takes an act of passion with a stranger in enemy territory to bring Alison closer to her family ties and faith.
From the glamour of the London stage to the gloom of pre-war Berlin, Alison captures every audience, bringing friends and lovers into her magical world. For she is a woman whose ultimate destiny waits in the wings, in this compelling novel of the many sacrifices made for love.
352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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About the author
Maisie Mosco
20 books19 followersMaisie Mosco was born as Maisie Gottlieb. Her parents were of Latvian Jewish and Viennese Jewish descent, and both emigrated to England around 1900.
She left school at the age of 14 to help in the family business. At the age of 18 she joined the ATS and at the end of World War II was helping to teach illiterate soldiers how to read. After the war, she edited the Jewish Gazette, and subsequently wrote radio plays for the BBC.
Mosco wrote 16 novels between 1979 and 1998. These included the 'Almonds and Raisins' series, which contained elements of her own family history.
She married twice: to Aubrey Liston in 1948, then to Gerald Mosco in 1957.
She left school at the age of 14 to help in the family business. At the age of 18 she joined the ATS and at the end of World War II was helping to teach illiterate soldiers how to read. After the war, she edited the Jewish Gazette, and subsequently wrote radio plays for the BBC.
Mosco wrote 16 novels between 1979 and 1998. These included the 'Almonds and Raisins' series, which contained elements of her own family history.
She married twice: to Aubrey Liston in 1948, then to Gerald Mosco in 1957.
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April 8, 2018
Far too busy to read now, unfortunately, so I assume my reviews and logs will now be few and far between. This was an enjoyable sequel to the first book!
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