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Exit the Actress (Original) by Priya Parmar
5.0
Ellen "Nell" Gwyn is an orange girl selling fruit in the Theatre Royal during the 1660s. Even then, advancement in the world is all about who you know, while selling oranges to the actors of the stage she slowly befriends them and becomes a star in her own right and eventually comes to the bed of King Charles II. Through Ellen's diary entries, playbills, gossip columns, letters and home remedies the reader is introduced to her spunk, determination and her magnificent story.
Words can not describe Priya Parmar's novel Exit The Actress, it is so rich and vibrant that I felt like I was actually in the audience watching Nell perform and wanted to reach out for one of her oranges. While reading Nell's journal entries I wanted to be her friend, with her tell it like it is attitude she would be a wonderful acquaintance to sip tea with and discuss the eyes and ears of Ambrose Pinky Esq. and his latest exposé. Throughout the novel there is the subtle climb to Miss Gwyn's love affair with King Charles II, and because of such reads as a suspense novel. Although, no matter how deletable Exit The Actress is this is not a book to be rushed into but instead must stop and smell the flowers, leaving the reader hungry for the last word.
Words can not describe Priya Parmar's novel Exit The Actress, it is so rich and vibrant that I felt like I was actually in the audience watching Nell perform and wanted to reach out for one of her oranges. While reading Nell's journal entries I wanted to be her friend, with her tell it like it is attitude she would be a wonderful acquaintance to sip tea with and discuss the eyes and ears of Ambrose Pinky Esq. and his latest exposé. Throughout the novel there is the subtle climb to Miss Gwyn's love affair with King Charles II, and because of such reads as a suspense novel. Although, no matter how deletable Exit The Actress is this is not a book to be rushed into but instead must stop and smell the flowers, leaving the reader hungry for the last word.