Synopses & Reviews
Fade In. Int. Day. Young, enthusiastic film student caught in the throes of a wild, cinematic passion.
Fellini ... Bergman ... Charlotte Frost! Charlie isn't working her tail off in a fancy film school just to end up another second-rate Spielberg wannabe, churning out mindless action flicks or gross-out sex comedies. No, ambitious dreamer Charlie believes that film equals Art. Except the grind of school equals poverty and stress -- which is where Charlie's lifesaving job at the yoga studio comes in ... which, in turn, is where Hank Destin walks into her life.
C.U. on face to die for a top Greek god body.
Hank Destin? Even though that's the Hank Destin, beautiful, bad boy star of the top-rated daytime drama Troubled Passion, Hank's no more than a gorgeous toiler in the "trailer park" of acting to Charlie. Of course, that doesn't mean he wouldn't be the perfect choice to play the lead in Charlie's masters thesis film -- a retelling of Madame Bovary set in 1950s New England -- to say nothing of starring in a steamy off-camera love scene! Except no matter how potent the physical chemistry, there's big trouble when egos clash with desire, and professionalism collides with well-intentioned amateurishness. But hey! That's entertainment!
Synopsis
From a wonderful new voice in women's fiction comes a debut novel, written with energy, wit and humour, about finding love in the pretentious, often comical, world of film school.
Charlotte Frost, film student, is overdosed on ambition. Despite grandiose romantic fantasies, Charlie's locked herself in a workaholic ivory tower until hunky soap opera star Hank Destin enters the picture. Charlie finds herself, against her better judgement and snooty film school training, inexorably drawn to Hank. Their fairy tale relationship soon turns to dust, however, after Charlie casts Hank in her master's thesis –– a retelling of Madame Bovary set in 1950s New England. Before she can live happily ever after, Charlie finds that she must re–evaluate her dreamy, elitist ideas about what constitutes talent, success and ultimately love.
About the Author
Jane Mendle graduated from Amherst College in 1998 and is currently completing her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Virginia. Prior to returning to school, she worked in both film and publishing in New York -- an experience that helped her write Kissing in Technicolor.