Book Lover
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One woman’s passion for books and search for romance lie at the heart of this touching and funny novel about literature and longing in Los Angeles.‘Women do different things when they’re depressed. Some smoke, others drink, some call their therapists, some eat…And I do what I have always done – go off on a book bender that can last for days.’Whenever she’s in crisis – her marriage ends, her career stalls, her fantasy man shows signs of human frailty – Dora (named after Eudora Welty) escapes into not one, not two, but a carefully selected stack of books, shutting the door on the outside world until she emerges from her book binge strong enough to face her problems. Books have always been her saving grace, sheltering her during a difficult childhood and arming her with lessons and epigrams that are right for nearly every situation. But life is more complicated than a-book-a-day, and people – like her ex-alcoholic mother and judgmental sister – aren’t as compliant as beloved characters in a novel…Whether she’s being seduced by a quotation-quipping Quixote, or explaining death to a child by reading from ‘Charlotte’s Web’, Dora is Every-reader, and her charming story, shot through with humour and humanity, will delight anyone who’s ever sought solace in the pages of a book.
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Karen Mack. Book Lover
JENNIFER KAUFMAN AND KAREN MACK. Book Lover
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Master of the Universe
The Stakeout
Emily Post and Grand Larceny
The Roust
The Wasteland
Interview with Miss Piggy
Stray Dogs and Other Companions
Ivanhoe
The Beauty Thing
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
Happy Talk
Of Cabbages and Kings
The Morning After
You Can Leave Your Hat On
House of Mirth
Where the Wild Things Are
Catch the Soap
What’s in a Name
No Reliable Sense of Propriety
Mother’s Day
The Woman with Phenomenal Tresses
Along Came a Spider
Funeral
Dr. Seuss Doesn’t Like Kids
Halfway to Fairyland
Lost Days and Knights
Dog Duty
A Christmas Carol
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Save Me!
Princes and Toads
Drop Dead. Strong Letter to Follow
Border Crossings
Ripping Off Rudyard
Nightmare
Last Book Standing
Something Occurred to Me
Epilogue
Authors’ Note
Book List
About the Authors
Copyright
About the Publisher