About this title: Money Breton tells her story in diary form, and it's a harrowing one: basically, her life is falling apart. But in the face of faithless husbands, desperately troubled children, a precarious job, and a fear that even her brain is out of control, Money perseveres by means of her wits and the wicked humor with which she observes her life. A New York ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Date Published: 11/2001
ISBN-13:9781582430607ISBN:1582430608
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 224 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Counterpoint
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781582432557ISBN:1582432554
Description: Good. Books have varying amounts of wear and highlighting. Usually ships within 24 hours in quality packaging. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Counterpoint
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781582432557ISBN:1582432554
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edgewear and reading crease. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 200 p. Audience: General/trade. Money Breton, a Hollywood script doctor, finds the stresses and challenges of modern life beginning to wreak havoc as she struggles to cope with three ex-husbands, the I.R.S., the problems of her grown children, and the bizarre world of Hollywood filmdom. By the author of Oh! and An Amateur's Guide to the Night. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"Not sure what to think of this book. I found it to be very strange but I couldn't put it down. Robison has a unique way of expressing her feelings. Sometimes I couldn't understand what she was talking about. I'm not sure why this book gets such high ratings. Obviously I'm missing something."
"this book was filled with so many perfect, sharp, devastating (and devastatingly funny) 12 or 30-word bursts i couldn't help but fall in love with it, but i wish i'dve taken on its collection of bite-sized bursts in one, three-hour sitting.
Instead over a couple weeks what through-line there is in this book involving the troubled son, daughter and relationships remained kinda elusive. Still, the way she captured the internal monologue of Money was pretty remarkable, and even though it ended up striking me a lot sadder than i expected, i want to read it again. No small feat."
""I should turn back. Florida is a horrible toilet. There are a zillion snakes woven into this road and those clouds over there mean God's coming."
A novel written in short scenes (some just a paragraph) could easily go awry, but her wit, sharp eye & taut styling carry the narrative. At first you're simply enjoying the easily-digestible scenes about her job as a screenwriter & her dim-witted beau but the end chapters take us somewhere else entirely.
Bonus points for being a local writer and for doing a benefit reading for Books to Prisoners."
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