Almost

<p class=ql-align-justify><strong><em>Almost: My Life in the Theater </em>tells the story of the author's decades-long struggle to fulfill her early promise by becoming a professional actress taking her to far-flung locales from Europe to Texas to New York City.</strong> Along the way she encounters several Oscar winners and nominees--including Meryl Streep Greer Garson and Olympia Dukakis--who each had a profound effect on her self-image and trajectory though no one had more influence than her mother a visual artist whose life served as both cautionary tale and beacon. Blooston can lay claim to trailblazer status as a solo performer but she asks herself and the reader to deeply consider the true meaning of success and the value of a creative life. Her calling commitment and longing for recognition will resonate with anyone who has followed a passion been thwarted in the attempt and then successfully and happily reinvented themselves.</p>