"Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper," by Hilary Liftin
This is a thinly-veiled telling of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's whirlwind romance then subsequent marriage and split. I suppose there are enough differences to prevent the author from legal issues, but we all know whose tale she is telling. And what a tale it is! Whatever amount of this story has basis in actual fact, it gave me renewed sympathy but mostly respect, for Katie ("Kate," as he called her, remember? Just like "Lizzie" becomes "Elizabeth" in this book) Holmes. It couldn't have been easy to extract oneself from that world. It's a good reality check to remember that those who are lucky enough to make it big in their field of acting actually give up huge amounts of normalcy in most other areas of their lives.
Worth a summer read, for sure. Fun, but not deep.
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