Family Acts

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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. Katié 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 Katié has ever done or possessed-her career as a writer for a daytime drama, her New York City co-op-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-yearold 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, Katié and Randa are at first eager to unload their... Tovább

Fülszöveg

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. Katié 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 Katié has ever done or possessed-her career as a writer for a daytime drama, her New York City co-op-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-yearold 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, Katié 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. A line of strong women-starting with Juliét Venable in the late nineteenth century-has been responsible for keeping the grand old place up and running. In the face of huge obstacles, including a dying theater culture and their own personal struggles, these singular women have gone to drastic measures to keep the opera house in the family- including burying a devastating family secret that could destroy the carefully cultivated Venable legend forever. (continued on back flap) Vissza