"Shopgirl"
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin is a stand up comedian, actor and writer. Steve has stared in many films and has so far written two novellas "Shopgirl" and "The Pleasure of My Company". Steve was born in Waco, Texas, USA, in 1945.

"Shopgirl", is the story of a girl called Mirabelle, who works in the glove section of the prestigious Neiman Marcus department store in Beverly Hills. Mirabelle, is a fragile and self-conscious woman who experiences depression. Mirabelle lives a simple life, but one that is not very fulfilling. Mirabelle, believes that she can receive affection by having sex with her friend Jeremy.
One day, while gazing and daydreaming at her glove counter and wishing that she were working in the perfume section, a man walks in looking for a pair of gloves. This man is Mr Ray Porter, single, rich and about twenty years older than Mirabelle. After another boring day at work Mirabelle arrives home from the department store, at her door lays a gift and an invitation to dinner.
During her long relationship with Mr Ray Porter, Mirabelle, becomes more and more dependant. Mirabelle, realises after some time that she is in fact being used, as Ray is only learning from this relationship in order to prepare for the "real one" to come along.
"Shopgirl", documents Mirabelle's journey of life and her travel along the road of recovery and self-discovery.
This novel is written in second person narrative, this allows the characters to be equal but the characters thoughts cannot be heard. It also does not allow the reader to relate or sympathise with the characters. This novella would best suit a female reader between the ages of 16 to 26, as a female reader of this age group would relate more to the main character.

Lenore Hart lived as a child in "old" Florida, when she began college the Disney World theme park was being constructed across from her parents' home. The change from rural Florida to a theme park capital was Lenore's inspiration to write Waterwoman, so that she was able to capture and preserve an ageless quality of a place that changes little over time.
Lenore is currently working on her second novel.

Waterwoman, is the story of two sisters growing up on an island off the coast of Virginia. Annie Revels, a tall, insecure woman and her younger sister, Rebecca, who is beautiful and desired carry out their duties at home, but terrible mistakes lead to jealousy and antagonism which tears the girls friendship and almost stripping them of all they have together.
Annie takes over the challenge of household jobs when her grandmother passes away. Annie has always wanted to be a waterwoman and work on the sea. As her father is a waterman, she is privileged on occasions to accompany her father at sea. When her father passes away by an unfortunate fishing tragedy, Annie continues her father's job in becoming the provider for the family while her sister does the jobs at home.

Waterwoman, is written in first person narrative, this is good, as we are able to understand Annie's emotions. This novel is also biased, because we are not hearing any of the other characters voices.
This novel is written for a mature audience. Females from the age of 16 to 25 would be best suited, because it covers issues, which are very common for an audience of this age and the main characters are female, and so females would more relate to the characters.