Wasn't Zaire the size of India or something? "Get me Lore Director at Orion, no, no Marty, get me Marty Schepsi, no, Christ, Marty's in Geneva, what time is it in Geneva? Mouse's paramour Tony, a Brit who calls her ``poppet,'' adores L.A. and all that it can do for him and for his screenplay, Love Among the Elephants . She has to call collect? The data are annual for the period 1970-2020 and cover 212. "It's just so awful," said Mimi. Ahoy! Mimi and Mouse were ten and nine when their father, Fitzy, was run over by a dolly. , Hawthorne Books; Second edition (September 23, 2014), Language In the United States and Canada, a diamond lane is a special lane on a street or highway that is reserved for specific types of traffic. Solly banged the phone down in Mimi's ear. I don't know what they were thinking with Rainer. Little is known of his early life until he joined the navy as a mids, The beautiful city of Vancouver in British Columbia, along with the large island that lies between it and the Pacific Ocean are both named after an 18. Yes, it does. Mimi placed calls to New York every morning at nine-thirty in hopes of reaching New York film people before they bolted out the door to "do" lunch. He needed Mimi to get New York for him. The ride ends and I wanted to keep reading." People at the center of Drama. Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2014. Quincy Daisy is a substitute teacher who must confront his past in order to live happily and call a place his home. He ran his hands over his balding head. Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2015. Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2015. . For non-Californians think of our `High Occupancy Vehicle' lanes, minimum two occupants per car - as 90% of vehicles on LA freeways contain only one lonely soul - due to a similar percentage of marriages that end in divorce out here probably. The Diamond Lane overflows with sly and vicious observations about all that is superficial in the world of two over-the-top, narcissistic industries but in the midst of all the scathing satire and the withering prose, Karbo still manages luscious bits of insight into real human emotion. Please.". It was so awful it made her laugh. "Maybe Alyssia has some Kleenex, or, or something." But death was the easy part. Living in the Pacific, In this wryly amusing collection of interrelated first-person vignettes, the disarming self-revelations of a group of Russian emigres newly transplanted to Southern California are both witty and, The love affair with the iconic Julia Child continues in Karbos guide to living with abandon, as Child always did, which gives a window into the legendary cook, author, and television hosts. This was a fun insight into Hollywood in the early 90s. Blood Red Beauty [0:00] 2. She hung up. crrrrrrrrr Mouse! Think he's just trying to get Haley back. This astringent, humorous novel tackles two subjects ripe for satire: the Hollywood movie industry and marriage - both notoriously fickle institutions requiring blind hope to sustain life. A deft, tragicomic social satire--of Los Angeles and the movie biz in particular and modern mores in general--noteworthy for the complexity of its characters, crisp prose, and loopy comic style.- Michele Leber, Fairfax Cty. It was funny and heartwarming- the qualities that made the show a hit to begin with. She lives in Portland, OR.Jane Smiley's novel A Thousand Acres won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1992, and her novel The All True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton won the 1999 Spur Award for Best Novel of the West. What happened to people dying in their sleep at eighty-five? By the next Tuesday he was in the ground. to the tune of the old, Shit, she thought. He's in a meeting? This was a surprisingly charming story that is surprising difficult to describe. Just as the name implies, this group is about nautical fiction. Just leave word. Mouses paramour, Tony, a Brit who calls her poppet, adores L.A. and all that it can do for him and his screenplay. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Cornwell is best known for his Sharpe Napoleonic adventure stories and his Last Kingdom series, but it is his Warlord trilogy, of which this book is the first, that he is most proud. All this time she had thought the word rhymed with hair. It's Mouse. Mouses paramour, Tony, a Brit who calls her poppet, adores L.A. and all that it can do for him and his screenplay. The third result is Philip Jackson age 40s in San Ramon, CA in the Windemere neighborhood. The queen of beach reads (NY Mag) delivers an immensely satisfying page-turner in this tale about a summer of scandal at a storied Nantucket hotel. Director Bill Duke Writers Ned Bowman (screenplay by) Michael Ricigliano Jr. (screenplay by) Joyce Renee Lewis (screenplay by) Stars Lou Diamond Phillips These lanes are designated by white diamonds on the roadway - thus the title `The Diamond Lane'. If I met any of these people in real life I'd tell them to shove off. Solly's going to have my head. the idea of her mother getting cracked on the head with a ceiling fan she did enjoy being someone who had something in her life which warranted deep breaths. Interesting, but just not interesting enough to compete with everything else! Is she reachable in St. Bart's? The safety chain was taped together with hundred-mile-an-hour-tape, the silver duct tape that lazy truck drivers used to patch everything from wobbly rearview mirrors to broken radiator hoses. A local defense attorney begins to suspect that she may be the next victim and that her latest client may somehow be involved. "Middle, "God, Solly." Seven different women called up to claim it when the description ran in the paper. It was an 18k gold clip-on knot. Fuck the mascara. 2. Son of Lazarus (Larry) Diamond and Jessie Diamond How tasteless to drag them into real life. When her kindhearted. Russians in LA, don't miss out! But as life proceeds, art intervenes. Lived In Orange Beach AL, Gulf Shores AL, Prattville AL, Millbrook AL. collect person-to-person from frances fithenry!". "Half the places in town have ceiling fans. He refused to let anyone, including himself, think that he'd made an obscene commission on a movie that should have been put out of its misery when it was still just an idea. "Fine, fine." At the house some African girl with a fluty voice answered the phone and told her to call Zaire. Mimi suddenly felt good and calm, but kept on with the deep breathing. It was not. Mimi thought she heard Mouse say okay, then the hollow far-off roar of nothing. I forced myself to finish - because that's what I do - and found the ending to be the worst part. Where in Zah-ear? The assistants to the agents at least had chairs with arms. "The Diamond Lane" by Philip Alan Amadeo. Steeped in misery though she was it was. George Vancouver was the son of a Dutch-born customs official in the port of Kings Lynn in Norfolk. Brilliant. Mitch and Jay's storyline was also great, made me tear up a bit. These lanes are designated by white diamonds on the roadway - thus the title `The Diamond Lane'. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Somebody should make it into a movie immediately. Excerpted by permission of Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts. this is a tale to treasure. P.L., Va.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. FREAK ACCIDENTS RAN IN THE FAMILY. Philip Lane, Actor: Predator: Dark Ages. Mouses paramour Tony, a Brit who calls her poppet, adores L.A. and all that it can do for him and for his screenplay, Love Among the Elephants. Solly's going to have my head. Incredible book, barely dated, why is this not a feature film? Sister Mimi shares her duplex and friends, all Film People or People in Film (with distinction provided). Wrenched stateside by a family emergency, with her longtime boyfriend/collaborator in tow, Mouse is instantly beleaguered by a past shed leapt continents to escape and a present she can only face armed by reels of celluloid. A truck waiting to merge at the top of the ramp was towing the dolly, which was not properly hooked onto the trailer. Phillip Alan Lemine, 37. "Fine, fine." I was pleasantly surprised. People have also bootlegged the . Photo: Brig "Lady Nelson", by Monissa, 1159 members A bit dated, but being from Southern California, I enjoyed all the silliness of living in L.A. Not the best book I ever read, but it keep my interest and made me laugh. The agents, of course, had massive leather-upholstered thrones. This was also in the California section of Book Lust. Shirl, Mimi and Mouse's mother, was comforted by the fact that at least he stooped for the genuine article, not gold-plated. These lanes are designated by For non-Californians think of our `High Occupancy Vehicle' lanes, minimum two occupants per car - as 90% of vehicles on LA freeways contain only one lonely soul - due to a similar percentage of marriages that end in divorce out here probably. Karen Karbo's The Diamond Lane offers a unique and humorous perspective on the materialistic values of Hollywood. She put it in the same category as. In addition, Karbo penned three books in the Minerva Clark mystery series for children: Minerva Clark Gets A Clue, Minerva Clark Goes to the Dogs, and Minerva Clark Gives Up the Ghost. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. I was still gorked on pain pills, but I liked this one about the indie movie industry. Karbo gives the impression of being a natural, and you, dear reader, are the lucky recipient. Under the static the voice was thin and faint. Most probably a prop. She felt it was more a literary convention. It was Solly. I missed part of Phil/Claire's conversation toward the end. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. Mimi thought if she was older she was thirty-six, practically an adult it wouldn't be so awful. And here was Shirl having, having, brain surgery. She's in intensive care. Includes Address (8) Phone (6) Email (4) See Results. Karbo's 2004 memoir, The Stuff of Life, about the last year she spent with her father before his death, was an NYT Notable Book, a People Magazine Critics' Choice, a Books for a Better Life Award finalist, and a winner of the Oregon Book Award for Creative Non-fiction. Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. ", Then, from through the snowstorm, a third voice. ", "It's Mimi, Solly. What drew me to this novel initially was Nancy Pearl's recommendation. She was not anorexic, but would love to figure out how to be for about two weeks a month. With its laugh-aloud moments and a cast of brilliantly drawn characters, this is a tale to treasure. 2. As a follow up, would you see your style of narration as immersive in the same way that POB is? He should give up the film business and be a brain surgeon instead. Then there are novels like The Diamond Lane, where it seems the author could go on at this peak level of wit and storytelling skill far beyond the last page. At the house some African girl with a fluty voice answered the phone and told her to call Zaire. This book was written 22 years ago and has held up very well. The title, The Diamond Lane, is the Diamond Lane in L.A., the carpool lane which is referenced maybe twice in the whole book. It's the decline part, the part between bouncing around rosy-checked healthy and some guy with cold hands dragging the sheet over your face. Hybrids don't qualify anymore, and using a diamond lane with an expired sticker (or similar HOV abuse) subjects motorists to a $375 fine, plus court costs. Mimi could smell his chocolate breath on her neck. Btw, the look on those girls faces was amazing when they turned on Phil's projector. Reluctantly back home in L.A. after 16 years in Africa, documentary filmmaker Mouse FitzHenry longs for the harsh, teeming jungle life her lens took in so lovingly. If you're dead, you're dead. Somebody pick up that penname and get busy! "Well, a long lunch why don't you? It was one of my favorites when it first came out, and to find it again in a beautiful, beautiful presentation beautiful cover, everything about it. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Seven different women called up to claim it when the description ran in the paper. Not that she knew one whit about decline. , ISBN-10 , Item Weight Her short stories, essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in. Is it about 1 woman getting caught up in the wedding industry and having to marry her longtime-boyfriend? "I knew you were miserable, but I didn't think anything was wrong," he said. She resigned herself to being a mess. Mimi placed calls to New York every morning at nine-thirty in hopes of reaching New York film people before they bolted out the door to "do" lunch. A flawless, page-turning story emerges as Mouse and Tony manage often with hilarious subterfuge to keep their projects secret from one another. "She has a, there's been an accident. Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group. Walker holds dual citizenship (Norway and Britain). Mimi recounted this to her fellow drudge, Alyssia, who was answering Solly's line while Mimi tried to track down Mouse in Nairobi. It wasn't incredibly funny but I really enjoyed all of the storylines for the first time in a while. Marcie Sillman talks with revered librarian Nancy Pearl who recommends The Diamond Lane, by Karen Karbo. and other magazines. Fitzy leaped out of the way, only to trip and crack his head on the curb. Brilliant. Reluctantly back home in L.A. after 16 years in Africa, a documentary filmmaker longs for the jungle; with its laugh-aloud moments and brilliantly drawn cast, this is a tale to treasure. He wadded up the plastic wrap the croissant came in, then between tubby thumbs and fat forefingers frantically pinched it into a teeny ball. All this time she had thought the word rhymed with. "Middle crrrrrr crrrrrr marriage. The Stuff of Life, about the last year she spent with her father before his death, was an NYT Notable Book, a People Magazine Critics' Choice, a Books for a Better Life Award finalist, and a winner of the Oregon Book Award for Creative Non-fiction. A place for fans of ABC's hit show Modern Family. At the American Express office, in one of the two or three places in Zaire where they had American Express offices, Mimi left this message: Mouse FitzHenry, phone home. But be back by three. For example: the Aubrey/Maturin Series by Patrick O'Brian which takes place during the Napoleonic Wars taught me more about those times than anything else I've read. A fun, tongue-in-cheek read about terrible people who truly deserve one another. "Everyone in the business is miserable," said Alyssia. The girl on the other end of the line didn't know. If literate and mordantly funny satire makes you uncomfortable - just wait to see the Oscar-winning film. You got to come home! It is little different with todays bulk carriers and container ships! Book reviews, interviews, editors' picks, and more. She felt better, glad to know that even under the most excruciating circumstances she was not one to let her looks go. "I'm sorry. Would her hair grow back? Oh, she thought, oh, a brain surgeon. 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