Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It's our great pleasure to present Ann Garvin!
Writes: I write funny and sad stories about women who do too much in a world that asks too much from them.
About:
If you’re here and not on Match.Com or Tinder, we’re probably a match already. Readers are my jam. I’m a loyal writer who sticks to what I do best; characters who are a little scattered and get themselves into situations where their friends shake their heads and hope for the best. I’ll never lie to you, except when I say that my books aren’t based on real people. Shhhhh. Sometimes if you pay attention, you might be able to figure out who is real and who is fiction. Especially with THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS, because there are a couple of movie stars that have some pretty important roles. I like adventure, well, my characters do, but not like scaling mountains, no, they stick to solid ground and a little occasional romance. If you like to laugh and you make mistakes occasionally, well, then you had me at….books.
What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match:
- Flawed people who find flaws charming.
- People who are trying their best to take care of everyone and sometimes actually do it.
- Is mostly capable but can seem scattered at times.
- Is someone who schedules too much and then cancels everything so they can stay in and read.
- Considers herself to be a great date but still aims to get to sleep by 9:30
- Loves dogs a little too much.
What to expect if we're compatible:
- You’ll feel like you have a new bestie.
- A girlie who you can lay around and talk about stories all day.
- You’ll feel like you aren’t the only person who does too much in one day and then falls apart.
- You’ll feel like you found another one of your people.
“The show must go on” takes on a whole new meaning for one single mom in a witty and emotional novel by the USA Today bestselling author of I Thought You Said This Would Work.
It seems lately that Poppy Lively is invisible to everyone but the IRS.
After her accountant absconded with her life savings, newly bankrupt Poppy is on the verge of losing her home when an old flame, now a hotshot producer, gives her a surprising way out: a job in costumes on a Hollywood film set. It’s a bold move to pack her bags, keep secrets from her daughter, and head to Los Angeles, but Poppy's a capable person—how hard can a job in wardrobe be? It's not like she has a choice; her life couldn't get any worse. Even so, this midwesterner has a lot to learn about the fast and loose world of movie stars, iconic costumes, and back-lot intrigue.
As a single mom, she's rarely had time for watching movies, she doesn't sew, and she doesn't know a thing about dressing the biggest names in the business. Floundering and overlooked, Poppy has one ally: Allen Carol, an ill-tempered movie star taken with Poppy’s unfiltered candor and general indifference to stardom.
When Poppy stumbles upon corruption, she relies on everyone underestimating her to discover who’s at the center of it, a revelation that shakes her belief in humanity. What she thought was a way to secure a future for her daughter becomes a spotlight illuminating the facts: Poppy is out of her league among the divas of Tinseltown.
Poppy must decide whether to keep her mouth shut, as she's always done, or with the help of a scruffy dog, show the moviemakers that they need her unglamorous ways, whether the superstars like it or not.
Women's Fiction Contemporary [Lake Union Publishing, On Sale: August 1, 2023, Trade Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9781542033596 / ]
Ann Garvin, PhD, is the USA Today bestselling author of I THOUGHT YOU SAID THIS WOULD WORK, I Like You Just Fine When You’re Not Around, The Dog Year, and On Maggie’s Watch. Ann writes about women, with a good sense of humor, who do too much in a world that asks too much from them. She teaches at Drexel University Masters of Fine Arts program and has held positions at Miami University and Southern New Hampshire in their Masters of Fine Arts program.
Ann is the founder of the Tall Poppy Writers where she is committed to helping women writers find readers. She is a sought-after speaker on writing, leadership and health and has taught extensively nationally and internationally.
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