I liked this ... included in KindleUnlimited, read and listen, and I went with the audiobook, narrated by Xe Sands. Her voice sounded SO familiar, but I don't know that I'd listened to anything by her recently. It fit here, with the two timelines. The Present/Past are NOT clearly marked ... although there are chapter headings, dates are not included. Instead, in the present, our MC is telling her tale to Gladys (and her recorder). So each chapter starts in the present tense, with a little exchange between Eileen and Gladys (and Eileen's personal thoughts) ... and then it shifts to past tense (what we assume is Eileen telling her story to Gladys). The "past" though, written so well, and with dialog ... couldn't really just be Eileen telling her story (it's much too polished - but, suspension of disbelief and all that). 

The "past" is in the silent movie era ... and it was interesting to learn more about that. Way before my time, and as Eileen reveals, most of the movies have been lost. It follows the dreams of a young girl who wants to become an actress, and succeeds.   There is also the story of her connection to "fairies" and her dollhouse.  Her life, love, etc ...

I didn't realize that this, while fiction, is based on an actual person (Colleen Moore) ... she had one blue eye and one brown. She made 60+ films, she created a dollhouse which is in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. She had a reporter friend, who wrote a film based on Colleen and her husband's troubled marriage, which is where "A Star is Born" comes from.  I didn't realize all this until I came to write up my review and glanced at a couple others. I'm frustrated because this is all included in extensive Author's Notes ... which were NOT included in the audio! These notes are essential to the story. Luckily I had the Kindle copy to read them, and there were some bookclub discussion questions as well, which are always appreciated.