Woman Enters Left
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“Tender, touching, original, and rich with delicious period detail of Hollywood’s heyday—buckle up, because you’ll definitely want to go on a road trip after reading this delightful book!”—Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home
In the 1950s, movie star Louise Wilde is caught between an unfulfilling acting career and a shaky marriage when she receives an out-of-the-blue phone call: She has inherited the estate of Florence “Florrie” Daniels, a Hollywood screenwriter she barely recalls meeting. Among Florrie’s possessions are several unproduced screenplays, personal journals, and—inexplicably—old photographs of Louise’s mother, Ethel. On an impulse, Louise leaves a film shoot in Las Vegas and sets off for her father’s house on the East Coast, hoping for answers about the curious inheritance and, perhaps, about her own troubled marriage.
Nearly thirty years earlier, Florrie takes off on an adventure of her own, driving her Model T westward from New Jersey in pursuit of broader horizons. She has the promise of a Hollywood job and, in the passenger seat, Ethel, her best friend since childhood. Florrie will do anything for Ethel, who is desperate to reach Nevada in time to reconcile with her husband and reunite with her daughter. Ethel fears the loss of her marriage; Florrie, with long-held secrets confided only in her journal, fears its survival.
In parallel tales, the three women—Louise, Florrie, Ethel—discover that not all journeys follow a map. As they rediscover their carefree selves on the road, they learn that sometimes the paths we follow are shaped more by our traveling companions than by our destinations.
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"Stop worrying about your lines. There's no script for life, my girl." "There has to be," she insists. "Nope. No choreography. No blocking. No score. You improvise and ad-lib and hope you have the right co-stars." 2.5 stars This book... Sometimes I thought that there had been two authors working on this. One talented, the other... well, let's just say that instruction manuals need writing, too. The story of Florrie and Eth was inredibly touching and even had me in tears. It was wonderfully written and even though it was mostly setting up tents on campgrounds and car rides, I still was anxious to get trough those pages. 4/5 stars AL's story... was as dry as sand. Although AL was constantly going through stuff I felt nothing but boredom. It only got better when the two stories finally kind of were woven together in the end. 1/5 stars
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“Tender, touching, original, and rich with delicious period detail of Hollywood’s heyday—buckle up, because you’ll definitely want to go on a road trip after reading this delightful book!”—Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home
In the 1950s, movie star Louise Wilde is caught between an unfulfilling acting career and a shaky marriage when she receives an out-of-the-blue phone call: She has inherited the estate of Florence “Florrie” Daniels, a Hollywood screenwriter she barely recalls meeting. Among Florrie’s possessions are several unproduced screenplays, personal journals, and—inexplicably—old photographs of Louise’s mother, Ethel. On an impulse, Louise leaves a film shoot in Las Vegas and sets off for her father’s house on the East Coast, hoping for answers about the curious inheritance and, perhaps, about her own troubled marriage.
Nearly thirty years earlier, Florrie takes off on an adventure of her own, driving her Model T westward from New Jersey in pursuit of broader horizons. She has the promise of a Hollywood job and, in the passenger seat, Ethel, her best friend since childhood. Florrie will do anything for Ethel, who is desperate to reach Nevada in time to reconcile with her husband and reunite with her daughter. Ethel fears the loss of her marriage; Florrie, with long-held secrets confided only in her journal, fears its survival.
In parallel tales, the three women—Louise, Florrie, Ethel—discover that not all journeys follow a map. As they rediscover their carefree selves on the road, they learn that sometimes the paths we follow are shaped more by our traveling companions than by our destinations.
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"Stop worrying about your lines. There's no script for life, my girl." "There has to be," she insists. "Nope. No choreography. No blocking. No score. You improvise and ad-lib and hope you have the right co-stars." 2.5 stars This book... Sometimes I thought that there had been two authors working on this. One talented, the other... well, let's just say that instruction manuals need writing, too. The story of Florrie and Eth was inredibly touching and even had me in tears. It was wonderfully written and even though it was mostly setting up tents on campgrounds and car rides, I still was anxious to get trough those pages. 4/5 stars AL's story... was as dry as sand. Although AL was constantly going through stuff I felt nothing but boredom. It only got better when the two stories finally kind of were woven together in the end. 1/5 stars