But underneath the privilege surges real pain, longing, and feeling in a way that makes it easy to imagine this novel as a film.
Between Ava's troubled ing nue status, her claim to Hollywood royalty, and the way several characters are both charmed by unexpected fortune and grayed by tragedy, the story can feel like a Hollywood fairy tale. After being entrusted with her brothers Los Angeles apartment for the. I want you to do something with the place. Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers. LaCour (The Disenchantments) can write her way around a movie set (and L.A., too), and her descriptions of Emi's work raise Emi's character to another level and add fascinating depth to this story. 307 pages first pub 2014 ISBN/UID: 9780525425885. Emi is smitten, and as her life and career take ever more fortunate turns, her recently broken heart begins to heal with the hope of new love with Ava. When Emi and her best friend Charlotte discover a letter written by a recently deceased film icon (think Clint Eastwood), it leads them to his unknown granddaughter, Ava. Her explanations and reflections on the work she does as a production designer are illuminating on practical, psychological, and emotional levels readers will gain a new appreciation for the strategic importance of set design even as they lose their hearts to Emi and Ava.At age 18, Emi Price is making big strides toward a career in production design, with a rent-free Los Angeles apartment and an enviable and promising internship on a movie set. At the same time, though, she’s all too aware of the disappointment of finding out that actors and their stories are messy, complicated, and disappointingly life-sized. As an industry insider, Emi feels the weighty burden of creating environments that enable people to believe in the illusion of life offered on the screen. This tenderly wrought romance is as much an homage to the power of movies as it is to true love. As Emi designs sets for Ava’s character, she works equally hard on learning who Ava really is beyond her fantasy, and ultimately comes to understand that real love transcends anything movies can capture. Emi wants it to mirror a Hollywood-style fantasy, but at the same time she doesn’t want to share Ava with the fame that will swallow her once it becomes known who she is, especially when Ava lands the lead role in an indie film Emi is working on. Emi is smitten, and she’s also enchanted with the rags-to-riches story the discovery will facilitate for the beautiful and winsome Ava. When an estate-sale purchase reveals a letter from a late famous film actor, delivering the letter leads to the star’s granddaughter, Ava, a troubled runaway who never knew who her grandfather was. As an intern for a Hollywood production designer, Emi spends her time combing estate sales, online shops, and flea markets for the perfect accessory.
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