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Ballantine
August 2007
On Sale: July 31, 2007
Featuring: Diane Kurasik
336 pages
ISBN: 0345461851
EAN: 9780345461858
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Romance | Contemporary
As Diane Kurasik nears the rapids of her fortieth birthday,
it seems her world is taking on the bittersweet tones of a
life-change comedy from the 1970s, something starring Glenda
Jackson or Jill Clayburgh. The director of a Greenwich
Village revival house cinema and a single woman who has
watched everyone else move on, Diane is reminded daily of
her status and her limitations. Clearly there is some lesson
she was supped to lave learned by now, but what it is
continues to elude her. Vladimir Hurtado Padrón has troubles of his own. Although he
fled Cuba a decade earlier, he still can’t convince his
estranged wife in Havana to grant him a divorce. When Diane
meets and falls for Vladimir, he is up front about the
stalemate in his personal life, letting her make her own
decisions. Diane considers the minor role he has to offer
and wonders: Would Ingrid Bergman put up with this? An eviction notice jolts Diane out of her home and her
routine–aren’t all New York stories ultimately about real
estate? Diane shuttles between the couches of friends and
family, dodging advice and criticism in equal measure and
touring countless fatally flawed Manhattan apartments. Meanwhile, Vladimir refuses to succumb to nostalgia as he
deals with the exile’s dilemma: What happens when you can’t
go home? Then an unexpected visitor from Vladimir’s past
arrives on the scene and becomes captivated by Diane just as
her ardor for Vladimir is cooling. Diane considers returning
his affections, and wonders if she’s lost her mind. An unabashed valentine to cinema, Don’t Make a Scene is a
sparkling, witty novel that asks, Domovies satisfy the
yearning, or merely fan the flames? Valerie Block uses tart
humor and a deceptively light touch in this fiercely
intelligent look at how the movies shape and haunt us, and
what happens when the eternal allure of classic movies
collides with the daily indignities of contemporary life.
Don’t Make a Scene is a refreshing comedy about finding
fascination, irritation, and joy in unexpected places.
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