In Louise Shaffer's delightfully charming new novel, a hopeless romantic (and author adrift) searches for a happy ending - and decides to write her own love story.
After the success of her first novel, Love, Max - an irresistibly funny look at divorce as seen through a dog's eyes - Francesca's fictional saga becomes real when her sexy photographer husband bails on her. The good news is that Francesca gets custody of their apartment and their dog - an adoring scamp who has mastered the art of unconditional love. Still, a girl and her dog have to eat, so a desperate search for income leads Francesca to Chicky, a spunky, red-haired octogenarian who wants Francesca to write the memoirs of her parents, Joe and Ellie, who toured the vaudeville circuit in the early 1920s.
Francesca is reluctant to take the job, but Chicky's tales soon lure her into a showbiz era as irresistible and unlikely as the love story that unfolds. As she re-creates Joe and Ellie's story, Francesca reflects, with hilarious honesty, on her own childhood and marriage - and discovers how to put the pieces of her life back together in a way that redefines herself and the true meaning of family and love.
After the success of her first novel, Love, Max - an irresistibly funny look at divorce as seen through a dog's eyes - Francesca's fictional saga becomes real when her sexy photographer husband bails on her. The good news is that Francesca gets custody of their apartment and their dog - an adoring scamp who has mastered the art of unconditional love. Still, a girl and her dog have to eat, so a desperate search for income leads Francesca to Chicky, a spunky, red-haired octogenarian who wants Francesca to write the memoirs of her parents, Joe and Ellie, who toured the vaudeville circuit in the early 1920s.
Francesca is reluctant to take the job, but Chicky's tales soon lure her into a showbiz era as irresistible and unlikely as the love story that unfolds. As she re-creates Joe and Ellie's story, Francesca reflects, with hilarious honesty, on her own childhood and marriage - and discovers how to put the pieces of her life back together in a way that redefines herself and the true meaning of family and love.
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Hardback Editions
August 2010 : Library Binding
| Title: Looking for a Love Story (Center Point Platinum Fiction) Author(s): Louise Shaffer ISBN: 1-60285-799-7 / 9781602857995 (USA edition) Publisher: Center Point Pub Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
April 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Looking for a Love Story: A Novel Author(s): Louise Shaffer ISBN: 0-345-50210-8 / 978-0-345-50210-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Ballantine Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
March 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: Looking for a Love Story: A Novel Author(s): Louise Shaffer Publisher: Ballantine Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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