Family, friends, and rivals assemble for the funeral of a famous actress, and the forced gathering of actors, directors, old flames, new lovers, a rock star, post-divorce combatants, and paparazzi produces the spontaneous combustion of secrets old and new.

". an evocative summoning up of more than half a century of Hollywood history, from the silents to the hard edges of here and now . a lively and diverse cast of characters . as surprising and memorable as the pilgrims in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales . Amanda Cockrell is a master magician and this novel is a pleasure to read from first to last."-George Garrett.