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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... hair , such beautiful hair . I'm so glad it grows back . " That fall she slept very little , usually waking at three , worried that she couldn't remember words . It took her hours one night to remember the word waffle ; only tortilla ...
... hair , such beautiful hair . I'm so glad it grows back . " That fall she slept very little , usually waking at three , worried that she couldn't remember words . It took her hours one night to remember the word waffle ; only tortilla ...
Page 195
... hair was so long and fell for- ward over her face , she was asked to read Cleopatra's lines aloud and was horribly nervous . " What did I do in high school ? " she said to Harriet . " I grew my hair . " In- spired , she said , by a ...
... hair was so long and fell for- ward over her face , she was asked to read Cleopatra's lines aloud and was horribly nervous . " What did I do in high school ? " she said to Harriet . " I grew my hair . " In- spired , she said , by a ...
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... hair and saying that hairdressers said there was a lot of it . They were surprised , but they all said the same thing . " That friend of yours has wonderful hair , " Leah said . " You want to be beautiful , you have to have thick hair ...
... hair and saying that hairdressers said there was a lot of it . They were surprised , but they all said the same thing . " That friend of yours has wonderful hair , " Leah said . " You want to be beautiful , you have to have thick hair ...
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