LoveReading Says
From its opening prologue – the first-person voice deliberately crashing her car, along with her passenger – to its first chapters, Berman gives the reader a constant stream of questions, from the seemingly small to the global: why is this famous actress depressed, back living in suburbia with her resentful family? Why did her seemingly wonderful marriage end? Why doesn’t the producer who forged her career work with her anymore? Why, in her other world, was her younger sister expelled?
Berman navigates the lines of answering or opening these questions further, leaving some a satisfying, bittersweet mystery even at the end.
Berman creates a satisfyingly sarcastic narrator in the disappearing star Grace Hyde/Turner, a woman who has been treated so badly she feels self-destruction is almost like taking her agency back. Constantly asked by strangers to say the most famous line from her film, Grace is as likely to tell them to fuck off as to cry. I was interested to see from the author note that Berman started writing this before the Me Too movement became a public conversation.
Lily Lindon
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The Comeback Synopsis
They say she owes him everything.
Now she wants to burn it all to the ground.
Grace Turner was one movie away from Hollywood's A-List. So no one understood why, at the height of her career and on the eve of her first Golden Globe nomination, she disappeared.
Now, one year later, Grace is back in Los Angeles and ready to reclaim her life on her own terms.
When Grace is asked to present a lifetime achievement award to director Able Yorke - the man who controlled her every move for eight years - she knows there's only one way she'll be free of the secret that's already taken so much from her.
The Comeback is a moving and provocative story of justice - a true page-turner about a young woman finding the strength and power of her voice, from the author of Reese's Book Club pick Before We Were Innocent.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781035900916 |
| Publication date: |
11th April 2024 |
| Author: |
Ella Berman |
| Publisher: |
Aria an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
384 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Thriller and Suspense
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Ella Berman Press Reviews
Ella Berman's debut novel is a Hollywood tale that packs a wallop...the reader is taken on a journey of self-discovery and redemption...Grace Turner dreams big, suffers and soars. A stunning debut. - Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife
Berman’s novel of a young woman recruited far too early in her life into the Hollywood machine may be the smartest book I’ve read in the past few years… - Lithub
In this compulsively readable story, Berman smartly picks apart the idea of a perfect victim...It’s a tale as old as time, told compassionately through a fresh new lens. - Mashable
A hopeful exploration of dealing with trauma that will have readers looking at celebrity gossip differently. - Booklist
Raw and nuanced...slices straight down to the nerve. A chilling exposé unfolding in real time--I dare anyone to read it without squirming in suspense and in recognition. - Chandler Baker, New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network
A spectacularly compelling story of a young woman finding the courage to take back control of her life ...This is a novel that will stay with me. - Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author of The Cactus
A raw, gripping and spellbinding account of dangerous secrets, a pining for retribution, and the power of women. - Karma Brown, author of Recipe For A Perfect Wife
A propulsive, timely study of a complicated young woman, trying to put herself back together again in Hollywood's glare. Berman's storytelling is at times darkly funny, at times rage-inducing, always gripping. I read it in 24 hours. - Laura Hankin, author of Happy and You Know It
A compelling tale of power and justice. - Harper's Bazaar
Perfectly of-the-moment, it's gripping, witty, and deeply satisfying–the kind of book you lose sleep over, and cancel plans for. I loved it. - Katie Lowe, author of The Furies
The perfect mix of timely topics and tabloid drama. We couldn't put this book down. - Bad on Paper podcast
[A] mix of a thrilling page turner with the importance of the #MeToo movement and standing up for what is right...it weaves heavy issues into something unputdownable and enjoyable to read. - The Stripe
In a fiction debut that’s all too timely, The Comeback is about Grace Turner, a young actress who returns to Hollywood after retreating from the public eye. - Betches
