Portrait of a Soap Star

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Portrait of a Soap Star is written by Mary Ann Anderson and published by Orchard Books (CA). It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0964316781 (ISBN 10) and 9780964316782 (ISBN 13).

PORTRAIT OF A SOAP STAR is the biography of daytime drama actress Emily McLaughlin, or better known to soap opera viewers as Nurse Jessie Brewer of GENERAL HOSPITAL. This biography is a portrait of her life which illustrates the laughter & the trauma that she experienced as a soap star for over 30 years. A great deal has been written about soap operas & the problems that are dealt with by the soaps including the identification that viewers feel with certain characters & their problems. It is the drama of human losses, triumphs & the prevailing human spirit, in which people search for values in need to relate them to themselves. PORTRAIT OF A SOAP STAR was written for the soap opera fan, the faithful viewer of the soaps & as a final tribute to Emily McLaughlin, my mother. TV GUIDE'S MICHAEL LOGAN: "...Today's twentysomethings don't have a clue as to her true importance, but those who really know soaps will really miss her. And so will our mothers & grandmothers. A gracious & gifted throwback to the Hollywood that once was, McLaughlin will hold a place in daytime history..." To order call Orchard Books at (818) 954-0573, or contact Baker & Taylor.