The Names of the Stars by Ann Tatlock Paperback Book 9781563094224

A gifted child singer discovers the ultimate power of dreams and fearsAnnalise Rycroft has spent her whole life afraid sheamp39ll be lost to obscurity She wants nothing more than to be viewed as someone important Anna grew up traveling with her family on the Vaudeville circuit with dreams of becoming a shining star She has talent Unfortunately as a young girl she also has fears that she will have to overcome if she is going to be successful With a powerful voice able to mesmerize audiences Anna is paralyzed by stage fright But thatamp39s not her only fear Her deepest fear is that sheamp39ll be lost to obscurity becoming part of the ampquotsurplus populationampquot spoken of by Ebenezer Scrooge in her favorite book A Christmas Carol During the 1918 flu epidemic Anna has a strange experience where characters from her favorite book unlock a hidden part of her pasta past that involves an absent father and missing younger brother Dismissed as a fever dream Anna pushes aside not only the dream but her fears as she pursues the stage Years pass and eventually Anna finds the career success she desired Yet even as an adult she is driven by unfilled longings She wants to marry her...