Don't go running all the way to Hollywood..!!

Stranger in the mirror is one of the better written books in the Sidney Sheldon basket.  The writer develops two different plots which entwine well and bring out a rather rich plot in the end. Sheldon still follows his pattern of giving us a preview of the end before going back chronologically and giving us the beginning, leading the reader all the way back.  

The plot still outlines the reality of the big bad world where people fight and play their parts. The story has Josephine growing up shadowed by the divide better the rich and poor, a polack, a daughter of a seamstress; and there is Toby, also rising from the dregs of poverty to one of the richest and most successful people in Hollywood. 

Josephine runs away to Hollywood after losing the love of her life and struggles to find work under a male chauvinistic industry, whereas Toby feels stuck playing the Toilet circuit as a comedian before finding his big break. Toby finds solace from his loneliness in the form of Josephine as a companion, whereas she finds the power of Toby’s stardom to avenge her struggle in the glamorous world of showbiz.

The narrative flows well with not too many twists in the story line and good visual imagery. The book turns out to be a good read with intriguing characters and a sensible plot. So if your life seems a little hard today, take a read and find solace that you’re not a character in a book.