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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And then they got down to business . “ Now listen . ” His mother ' s face took on
the ardent , competitive look that Kenny liked best . “ Kenny tells me you don ' t
like Fred Astaire . ” Dinah , amused and imperturbable , winked at Kenny and
Jane .
And then they got down to business . “ Now listen . ” His mother ' s face took on
the ardent , competitive look that Kenny liked best . “ Kenny tells me you don ' t
like Fred Astaire . ” Dinah , amused and imperturbable , winked at Kenny and
Jane .
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never say about Fred , ” and their mother said , “ But Fred was inventive . He was
far more inventive than Gene Kelly could ever be , for all he tried , " and Dinah
said , “ But Gene had a body and Fred was a dry old stick , " and their mother said
...
never say about Fred , ” and their mother said , “ But Fred was inventive . He was
far more inventive than Gene Kelly could ever be , for all he tried , " and Dinah
said , “ But Gene had a body and Fred was a dry old stick , " and their mother said
...
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Her mother introduced her to Eeyore . My mother exactly , her mother had said ,
laughing and shaking her head at Eeyore ' s prickly gloom as she read aloud to
Owen , the youngest of the six and the one for whom she had time . The only one
...
Her mother introduced her to Eeyore . My mother exactly , her mother had said ,
laughing and shaking her head at Eeyore ' s prickly gloom as she read aloud to
Owen , the youngest of the six and the one for whom she had time . The only one
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User Review - RandyMetcalfe - LibraryThingElizabeth Hay introduces her novel with an epigraph from legendary film critic, Pauline Kael: “We will never know the extent of the damage that movies are doing to us.” That brilliantly sets the ... Read full review
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| Title | Garbo Laughs Thorndike Press large print women's fiction series Thorndike Women's Fiction |
| Author | Elizabeth Hay |
| Edition | reprint, large print |
| Publisher | Thorndike Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0786261498, 9780786261499 |
| Length | 536 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General |
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