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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... took out a black ballpoint pen and wrote in indelible ink on the doll's neck her own name . Harriet Lily Browning . A long name . A long ink- necklace . She took her handiwork to her mother , still in bed on that Sunday morning ...
... took out a black ballpoint pen and wrote in indelible ink on the doll's neck her own name . Harriet Lily Browning . A long name . A long ink- necklace . She took her handiwork to her mother , still in bed on that Sunday morning ...
Page 341
... took Fiona's arm , Harriet took Leah's , Dinah took her mother's arm . As they passed Bill Bender's house , Fiona stopped for a moment and gazed at the dark exterior . " I'll give you the key , " she said to Lew at her side , " and ...
... took Fiona's arm , Harriet took Leah's , Dinah took her mother's arm . As they passed Bill Bender's house , Fiona stopped for a moment and gazed at the dark exterior . " I'll give you the key , " she said to Lew at her side , " and ...
Page 456
... says they're doing it because they were the new boys last year and I'm the new boy this year . " Lew asked what sorts of things they did , and Kenny told him . They took his things . They took his books and hid them . They flicked 456.
... says they're doing it because they were the new boys last year and I'm the new boy this year . " Lew asked what sorts of things they did , and Kenny told him . They took his things . They took his books and hid them . They flicked 456.
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