Garbo LaughsThis is a quixotic tale about movie love. Harriet Browning is so saturated with old movies, seen repeatedly and swallowed whole, that she no longer fits into this world. Equally addicted are her three companions-of-the-screen: a son who loves Frank Sinatra, a daughter with Bette Davis eyes, and an earthy sidekick named after Dinah Shore. Breaking in upon this quiet backwater come two refugees from Hollywood, the jaded widow of a famous screenwriter and her movie-expert stepson. They are Harsh Reality. With them come blackouts, arguments, accidents, illness, and sudden death. But what chance does real life stand when we can watch movies instead? In this brilliant, sad-eyed comedy of secondhand desire, movies and movie lovers come first. |
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... glass , half full , down the drain , then filled it anew . " Just an ounce , " he said . " Ken , do you know that farmers don't have enough water for agriculture because it's being taken ? By city folk ? For bottled water ? That's ...
... glass , half full , down the drain , then filled it anew . " Just an ounce , " he said . " Ken , do you know that farmers don't have enough water for agriculture because it's being taken ? By city folk ? For bottled water ? That's ...
Page 132
... glass orange juice jar , used for storing water in the fridge : it slipped out of his grasp on a hot , humid night and he caught it as it smashed on the floor . A shard of glass severed the tendon between finger and thumb , and a hand ...
... glass orange juice jar , used for storing water in the fridge : it slipped out of his grasp on a hot , humid night and he caught it as it smashed on the floor . A shard of glass severed the tendon between finger and thumb , and a hand ...
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... glasses , then settles the glasses back on her nose . Once again she'd been struck by the soft flatness of his voice like an untoned thigh asking her to do something . “ He wants me to help him and Leah with their book about Lionel ...
... glasses , then settles the glasses back on her nose . Once again she'd been struck by the soft flatness of his voice like an untoned thigh asking her to do something . “ He wants me to help him and Leah with their book about Lionel ...
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