| Rescue Me Contributor(s): Grazer, Gigi Levangie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416507701 ISBN-13: 9781416507703 Publisher: Downtown Press OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: It was the year she fell in love.... Fresh out of college, hungry for a shot in the entertainment industry, Amanda McHenry takes a gig as a secretary in the L.A. offices of a sleazy television talk show. Saddled with looking after her drug-dealing brother, Amanda is intent on making good things happen while her boyfriend finishes his law degree. She has no intention of cheating on him -- James is clear across the country at Harvard -- until she falls for Gabe, her brother's passionate friend. She had no idea her world would come apart. Swept up in a whirlwind romance, Amanda realizes that she must choose between following her heart and clinging to the familiar, and when her brother's "career" threatens to destroy everything she holds dear, that choice becomes a matter of life and death. But then fate intervenes to tear Gabe and Amanda apart and years begin to pass. All the while Amanda never gives up hope that someday Gabe will return to rescue her. Acclaimed screenwriter Gigi Levangie Grazer's stirring love story is set against the indelible backdrop of Los Angeles in the 1980s and captures its lyrical beauty and stark realism. Hilarious and devastating, "Rescue Me" is a uniquely suspenseful novel about the price of happiness...and the rewards of love.
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.43" W x 8.28" (0.55 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1980's - Cultural Region - Southern California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA |
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| Publisher Description: A compelling novel about a young woman's struggle to remain true to her heart while navigating through the heady atmosphere of 1980s Los Angeles, from the bestselling author of Maneater. It was the year she fell in love... Fresh out of college, hungry for a shot in the entertainment industry, Amanda McHenry takes a gig as a secretary in the L.A. offices of a sleazy television talk show. Saddled with looking after her drug-dealing brother, Amanda is intent on making good things happen while her boyfriend finishes his law degree. She has no intention of cheating on him--James is clear across the country at Harvard--until she falls for Gabe, her brother's passionate friend. She had no idea her world would come apart. Swept up in a whirlwind romance, Amanda realizes that she must choose between following her heart and clinging to the familiar, and when her brother's career threatens to destroy everything she holds dear, that choice becomes a matter of life and death. But then fate intervenes to tear Gabe and Amanda apart and years begin to pass. All the while Amanda never gives up hope that someday Gabe will return to rescue her. Acclaimed screenwriter Gigi Levangie Grazer's stirring love story is set against the indelible backdrop of Los Angeles in the 1980s and captures its lyrical beauty and stark realism. Hilarious and devastating, Rescue Me is a uniquely suspenseful novel about the price of happiness...and the rewards of love. |
Contributor Bio(s): Grazer, Gigi Levangie: - Gigi Levangie Grazer is the author of three prior novels: Rescue Me (2000), Maneater (2003), and The Starter Wife (2006). The Starter Wife was adapted for an Emmy Award-winning USA Network miniseries starring Debra Messing, and later for a television series; Maneater was adapted for a Lifetime miniseries starring Sarah Chalke in May 2009. In addition, Gigi wrote the screenplay for Stepmom, starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. Gigi's articles have appeared in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Glamour. She lives in L.A. with her two children and three miniature dachshunds. |