FAMILY ACTS, A Novel by Louise Shaffer. Bonus: Signed Letter (2007 1st Ed.)

Author: Louise Shaffer. Published by Ballantine Books, New York, NY., 2007, 1st Edition (Advance Uncorrected Proof) Printed in USA. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with light handling wear. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9.25 x 6.25 inch, 324 pages.

RARE BONUS: Not only is this an "Advance Uncorrected Proof" book, but your purchase also includes is a hand-written and signed letter by the author, to a business associate, promoting this new book that was coming out soon. "An excellent example of how hard writers today must be resourceful, and work diligently to ensure their novel receives the attention it truly deserves, well done!"

FAMILY ACTS, is a sprawling page-turner about maintaining family honor and lifelong dreams, Family Acts is Louise Shaffer’s most powerful and assured novel to date.

Louise Shaffer follows her beloved novels The Three Miss Margarets and The Ladies of Garrison Gardens with an unforgettable tale of poignancy, wit, and high drama. Katie Harder and Randa Jennings live on opposite coasts, have never met, and have almost nothing in common–except that they’re both named after Shakespearean characters. Everything Katie has ever done or possessed–her New York City co-op, her career as a writer for a daytime drama–was given to her by her late mother, in her day a flamboyant soap opera queen. Randa, on the other hand, has escaped the trappings of a difficult past and forged a life as a single mom, juggling her work as a Hollywood business manager with the needs of her precocious eleven-year-old daughter. Life takes an unpredictable turn for these two strangers when they jointly inherit the century-old Venable Opera House, a stately but run-down theater in small-town Georgia. Puzzled at this peculiar legacy, Katie and Randa are at first eager to unload their white elephant. But as they spend more time in the old theater, they come to realize that a rich heritage is at stake.

ISBN: 9781400060634  

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