The next best thing : a novel
Weiner, Jennifer
The next best thing : a novel / Jennifer Weiner. - 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. - New York : Atria Books , 2012. - 389 p. ; 24 cm.
Ruth Saunders and her grandmother Rae have moved from suburban Boston to Los Angeles in pursuit of Ruth's dream of writing for television. Rae has raised her granddaughter since the death of Ruth's parents in a car accident that also left Ruth severely scarred. Now Ruth, after six years of low-level work, has finally gotten the green light to develop her own show, The Next Best Thing. Ruth struggles to work through the compromises and disappointments of running her first show. She also must decide what to do with her feelings for her mentor Dave. The relationship that develops between Ruth and Dave is realistic and potently romantic, and Weiner also eloquently portrays the unique bond between Ruth and her grandmother.
9781451617757
2012015557
Women screenwriters----Fiction
Self-realization in women----Fiction
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)----Fiction
PS3573.E3935 / N49 2012
FIC WEI
The next best thing : a novel / Jennifer Weiner. - 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. - New York : Atria Books , 2012. - 389 p. ; 24 cm.
Ruth Saunders and her grandmother Rae have moved from suburban Boston to Los Angeles in pursuit of Ruth's dream of writing for television. Rae has raised her granddaughter since the death of Ruth's parents in a car accident that also left Ruth severely scarred. Now Ruth, after six years of low-level work, has finally gotten the green light to develop her own show, The Next Best Thing. Ruth struggles to work through the compromises and disappointments of running her first show. She also must decide what to do with her feelings for her mentor Dave. The relationship that develops between Ruth and Dave is realistic and potently romantic, and Weiner also eloquently portrays the unique bond between Ruth and her grandmother.
9781451617757
2012015557
Women screenwriters----Fiction
Self-realization in women----Fiction
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)----Fiction
PS3573.E3935 / N49 2012
FIC WEI
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