Heaven lost her job at a PR firm, so she's working as a
waitress at a trendy New York City restaurant while she
figures out what to do next. She's between boyfriends,
although she plans to get married before she turns 27, due
to her morbid obsession with celebrities who die young.
She's trying to prepare herself for anything that might
come up in life, but isn't looking for something in
particular.
Brady just walked away from a rent-controlled apartment and
a psycho ex-girlfriend. He meets his perky and pesky
neighbor when Heaven brings over his mail, which she
received by mistake but opened and read quite
intentionally. Brady's small record label is struggling to
compete in the major markets, but Brady is more concerned
with his fabulous ideas for practical inventions, which
other people keep stealing. Brady decides to track down the
owner of Starbucks coffee to convince him to market
Cinnamilk, a beverage flavored like the leftover milk from
a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. When Heaven sees
Brady's plane ticket in her mailbox, she decides to tag
along on a cross-country trip that might just change
everything.
Heaven and Brady are honest and hilarious characters who
take turns sharing their version of this 20-something
coming-of-age story. If you recognize the title of the book
as song lyrics from Nirvana's Smells like Teen Spirit,
you'll definitely get a kick out of this book. Written in
he-said/she-said format, this novel includes many movie
quotes and music references that reflect the best of Gen-X
culture. Caprice Crane plays off of her celebrity
parentage -- her mother is actress Tina Louise, who played
Ginger on Gilligan's Island, and her father is Les Crane,
who hosted a 1960s evening TV talk show -- and her own
insider status as a head writer at MTV. Her enjoyable debut
novel takes a hilarious snapshot of a generation through
the lives, voices and romances of two new neighbors.
Twenty-six-year-old Heaven Albright is a failed PR
executive turned embittered waitress. Twenty-nine-year-old
Brady Gilbert is a struggling independent music producer
with no bands and a get-rich quick product
idea: "Cinnamilk"--a delicious beverage derived from
leaving cereal in the bowl too long. What do these two
people have in common? Not much--except for a shared
dislike for one another as neighbors. You see, Heaven has
an annoying habit of opening Brady's mail. The tide turns,
however, when she rescues Brady from an awkward encounter
with his psycho ex-girlfriend, sparking an unlikely
friendship and a united quest to pitch Cinnamilk to the
founder of America's biggest coffee chain. But will Brady
and Heaven's fortune-seeking adventures also brew romance?
One of the worst things that can happen to people is the fact they don't follow instructions. One of the bet things you can do to protect people from the wrath of other people is to make it difficult for them to creep in your secrets and then worry about the problems they face. (Bethany Waytt 5:15am June 13, 2017)
© 2003-2024 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy