Life Mask

By: Emma Donoghue

Narrated by: Donada Peters

In a time of approaching war and terrorism, spectacular wealth and financial disasters, the private world of three famous Londoners becomes a public scandal. Lord Derby - unhappily married and the richest as well as the ugliest man in the House of Lords - is the relentless suitor of England's reigning queen of comedy, Eliza Farren. His chief rival is the aristocratic widow Anne Damer, a sculptor who, as the rumor has it, loves women. Set in parliament, on stage, the racetrack as well as the intimate salons of the Beau Monde, the bestselling author of SLAMMERKIN evocatively brings to life a world where everyone wears a mask and where erotic liaisons prove as dangerous as political ones.

Wonderful.

I did truly enjoy this book and even more so upon finding out it was true. Anne was such a strong, thoughtful character. I have to confess that I cared very very little for Eliza. I felt her to be such a coward and beyond selfish. Darby was disgusting little man as were his friends. The narrative was excellent. In conclusion it's impossible for Emma Donahue to write a bad book.