From Booklist
DeMarco's follow-up to
The Cranberry Queen (2001) is a frothy, fun look at the cut-throat world of Hollywood and what it takes to survive and thrive there. Josie O'Leary is a ruthless go-getter on her way up the ladder to becoming a producer. When she gets her hands on a golden script, she is deterred neither by being fired by the company she works for nor by her husband's dual announcements that he has cancer and he is leaving her. On the other side of the country, Carla Trousse's New York apartment literally caves in on her. At the behest of her aunt Paulette, she travels to L.A and is surprised by how much she likes it. Carla is hired at a production company by her old assistant, and has a run-in with Josie, whom she deems the worst person she has met in L.A. Unbeknownst to either woman, Carla's aunt Paulette is going to drop a bombshell that will throw them together and change both of their lives. DeMarco's second novel is perfect summer fare.
Kristine HuntleyCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Product Description
When the hottest script in Hollywood lands in her lap, Josephine O'Leary sets out to conquer the lm industry. Never mind that her beleaguered husband is miserable, and her bitchy boss is driving her nuts-Josephine's got screenwriters to sleep with, and no time for guilt. Meanwhile, Carla Trousse, a jaded New Yorker-who just got laid off, can't get a decent date, and wakes up one day to nd her roof literally caved in-is heading to Hollywood to start life over. When a blockbuster revelation about one of Holly-wood's biggest stars sends shock waves through the industry, Carla and Josephine are thrown together. The result is chronicled in a laugh-out-loud but searing tale that explores the perils of ambition and the redemptive power of friendship. With a light touch, author Kathleen DeMarco illuminates the crazy-making dilemmas that every modern woman will recognize-from ofce skirmishes to baby lust, from professional ambition to the self-help craze-and shows how even the most mismatched pair of women can set aside their differences and help put one another's lives back together.
