Maybe the Moon: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (770 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060924349 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It is a work that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit from a perspective rarely found in literature.. As clear-eyed as it is charming, Maybe the Moon is a modern parable about the mythology of the movies and the toll it exacts from it participants on both sides of the screen. All of 31 inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where -- as she says -- "you can die of encouragement." Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and bat mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star. Maybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth -- Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast and former Guiness Book record holder as the world's shortest woman. Her accomplice in the venture is her best
From Publishers Weekly Though narrator Cadence Roth is only 31 inches tall, her impact on the reader's emotions is enormous. BOMC alternate in cloth. . Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc
"Fact or fiction? Either way this is a mind-bending story!" according to Kindle Customer. This book is simply wonderful. The radically odd group of characters are compelling, fascinating, and amazingly real and human. The underbelly of Hollywood--where the struggle is acute, the humiliations constant, and the fame and glitz a nearly-tangible mirage--is perfectly rendered. The story is wonderful, careening from hilarity to tragedy in abruptly jarring transitions yet managing with each event to . "Haunting" according to A Customer. I read Cadence's story with much discomfort. I felt sorry for her (though Cadence didn't at all feel sorry for herself) and wanted to be finished with the book though I didn't want to stop reading. The end absolutely stunned me. I just didn't see it coming and I was saddened and outraged and couldn't get Cadence off my mind for a few days.Cadence is probably the most unforgettable character I have ever me. Simply the best! A Customer I am a female dwarf and I am also a fan of Armistead Maupin's novels. I had read all of the Tales of the City series before this book was released and I worked at a library when I first saw it. I was briefly dissapointed that it wasn't more about our friends in Barbary Lane. Dissapointment gave way to wonder when I realized he was writing about a dwarf woman who was my exact age at that time!When I finall