FAST FACTS
—Published March 31, 1992 by Crown Publishers/Random House
—1st Serial Good Housekeeping Magazine
—Featured Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild
—unabridged audio edition by Brilliance Audio
—Foreign Edition: Japan
—2nd edition Fawcett Books
—Kindle, Nook & Google electronic editions Loretta Barrett Books/Fortsmouth Press
OVERVIEW
The failing publishing firm of Bennett, Fitzallen & Coe has one last hope – the tell-all autobiography by glamorous television star Lydia Southland. Unfortunately, after three years in the making, the book is a mess, and the temperamental Lydia has chewed up and spat out three of B, F & C’s top editors.
Executive editor Kate Weston flies to California, knowing if she doesn’t bring back a terrific book, she shouldn’t bother coming back. She’s prepared for a beautiful, bitchy Hollywood prima donna – and gets one. But things are not quite what they seem.
Lydia is actually a loving, intriguing, and complicated woman with a crippling fear about letting the public see her real self. But with gentle coaxing from Kate and her own delightfully offbeat entourage, Lydia returns to the book. Secrets – perhaps too painful to reveal – have shaped her life. But in helping the actress find the courage to confront her past, Kate, too, discovers she must face her own…
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Benedict Canyon (and the book tour from hell)
I just read Benedict Canyon and loved it. I bought it at a Friends of the Library bookstore and found that kinda funny since Lydia’s sister, Angela was such a friend. This copy was an uncorrected proof, so I had a lot of right brain activity editing and correcting. The book was a form of escape for me as I was suppose to be editing my own book; my first, which will be a 30 day gratitude journal. Imagine my surprise when the book takes the reader to exactly that place, gratitude! I finished the book today with tears streaming down my face so happy for our imaginary characters as they move to SoCal with their own fairy goddess mother. I live here already and am filled with my own promise of what I can accomplish. Thank you, Laura for writing a book that was easy for me to absorb while working on my own dreams. Amazing how the universe works, isn’t it?