Because no film has been made out of the sequel to Beaches I found it more enjoyable. Not having been spoiled on any plot points, but still with mental pictures of the characters, I could easily imagine the action as a movie unfolding. However, I was frustrated with the focus on Cee Cee’s parenti...
Cousins Dahlia and Sunny Gordon were best friends growing up, bound by a shared love for making music that was as pure, powerful, and radiant as the California sunshine. When Dahlia's soulful lyrics combined with Sunny's soaring melodies, magic happened, and they promised they would stick togethe...
**Contains adult language and content**(book I read from actually has a different bookcover image, but I couldn't find it, original '85 hardcover edition, and honestly I like this paperback cover better)"1951. They meet as children under the boardwalk in Atlantic City. Cee Cee Bloom, with a Bri...
A hard-driving movie executive, a beloved soap opera diva, a screenwriter nominated for an Oscar, and a well-known actress married to TV's King of Late Night. Four friends who have led charmed Hollywood lives facing middle age. They have always shared a "Girl's Night Out", but suddenly it becomes...
Not sure why I picked up this soap opera of a book. My first clue should have been that the author also wrote "Beaches", which was turned into a very sappy movie. Well, this is a very sappy book. Go figure. The characters are realistic and interesting. But the dialog is formal and stilted. ...
I had picked up The Stork Club on a pure whim while at the library and found myself overall enjoying it. It's not my usual sort of read but I was in the mood for something different and found it. So next trip I searched out this author and picked up this one. I really liked the back and forth ...
Will you let me know? Cee Cee PEOPLE MAGAZINE December 1986 Old-fashioned variety shows disappeared for good reason. They were dumb. With skits that wouldn’t cut it in the high-school play, awkward cross talk, Muzak-like music, and too many costume changes. The production values of one mu...
Jesus, the man was looking more and more like Orson Welles, Feldman thought. "So what brings you here?" he asked as Rick sat in the leather chair across from his desk. "I want to talk about open adoption," Rick said. "Which aspect of it?" "The prerequisites." "Do you mean for the birth mother or ...
Marly was laughing at Ellen’s story. “It’s true. The inmates really are running the asylum. That’s unbelievable.” “But absolutely true,” Ellen said. “Which is why now when I deal with the jerkoffs at my studio, I remember that at any given time, they may have had a visit t...