Limelight, by Melody Carlson, has been described as a coming-of-age novel for someone in their twilight years. A glamorous film star during Hollywood's golden age and once married to a famed director, Claudette Fiore is used to living a pampered life. But when a crooked accountant embezzles her family fortune, the 80-something widow has to move back to her childhood home in northern California, with only her estranged sister Violet to turn to.

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