Maybe the Moon
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The bestselling author of the Tales of the City series presents a hilarious romp behind the scenes of tinseltown with a lovable 31" dwarf, who schemes to break out of her dwarf image and prove to Hollywood and the world that her singing talents and acting abilities are star quality.
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$18.99
Book Information
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial |
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| Publish Date: | 03/21/2019 |
| Pages: | 320 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780060924348 |
| ISBN-10: | 0060924349 |
| Language: | English |
Full Description
All of 31 inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where -- as she says -- "you can die of encouragement." Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and bat mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star.
In a series of mordantly funny journal entries, Maupin tracks his spunky heroine across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles -- from her all-too-infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs and human ignorance. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed. Her accomplice in the venture is her best friend, Jeff, a gay waiter who sees Cady's struggle for visibility as a natural extension of his own war against the Hollywood Closet.
As clear-eyed as it is charming, "Maybe the Moon" is a modern parable about the mythology of the movies and the toll it exacts from it participants on both sides of the screen. It is a work that speaks to the resilience of the humanspirit from a perspective rarely found in literature.
