But her brief insights never led to constructive change. What kept the story interesting was her ability to become self-aware and recognize her destructive behavior. Because of Shireen’s preoccupation with herself, she can only maintain relationships for as long as they support her needs. This was a fascinating character study of an extremely narcissistic woman forging an independent life for herself (sans husband away at war) during the early 1940’s. I high recommend if you liked Forever Amber! She did clearly say that this book was by no means an autobiography, but you can definitely find parts of her in here. So much of experiences and feelings she had gone through with reaching her own fame.

Especially in this novel, I felt as if she had put some much of herself in it. She takes such an honest approach when she writes. All the 'star money' she had couldn't make her happy, only she could and she couldn't figure out how. She just struggled with find fulfilling things in her life. She couldn't come to terms with that, and ended up sabotaging her life and thus love. She made numerous mistakes, but who can't relate to that? She came to a level in her life when she had everything she could possibly want, but somehow that wasn't enough. I don't think that Shirleen was by any means a very lovable character. Yet on so many levels, I could relate to those characteristics, and thus Winsor herself. The main character Shirleen is selfish, foolish, and scared. She made numerous mistakes, but who can't relate to that? She came to a level in her life when she had everything she could possibly want, but somehow So after reading Forever Amber, I was lucky enough to find this book at my local Goodwill for a quarter.

So after reading Forever Amber, I was lucky enough to find this book at my local Goodwill for a quarter.

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