Loose Diamonds
…and other things I've lost (and found) along the way
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Publisher Description
In Loose Diamonds, an engaging collection of essays and observations, Amy Ephron, the acclaimed, award-winning author of the One Sunday Morning and A Cup of Tea, paints a rich, vivid, and comic portrait of modern living from a modern woman’s perspective. Fans of the writings of Amy Sedaris and Joan Didion’s Slouching Toward Bethlehem will enjoy Ephron’s funny, incisive take on the intricate weave of a woman’s world.
Ephron’s collection delivers unforgettable true stories on life, loss, and Los Angeles:
Old Hollywood Secrets: From a childhood friendship with the enigmatic architect of Hollywood Park to a surreal afternoon interviewing Squeaky Fromme at the Spahn Ranch.On Loss and Finding: The story of a devastating burglary, the loss of every piece of treasured jewelry, and the miraculous return of a stolen screenplay.Modern Family Life: Navigating the minefield of divorce, dating, and carpool-lane drama with the signature Ephron wit and a dose of hard-won wisdom.Wry Social Commentary: A collection of poignant and hilarious personal essays that find meaning in everything from expensive shoes and lost Filofaxes to the decision to stay in a marriage.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Novelist Ephron (and sister of Nora, Delia, and Hallie) has some colorful and memorable decades under her belt, which she gives a glimpse of in this essay collection. As a child, she befriends neighbor and famed architect Stiles Oliver Clements, who was the largest collector of tropical birds on the continent. He builds a habitat at home that Ephron visits during one magical summer. She briefly alludes to her mother's mental illness, but it goes unexplored beyond a mention of a teenage Ephron seeing her posh and polished mother duck into a seedy bar one day. In 1971, during the Manson trial, as an aspiring writer of 19, she interviews "Squeaky" Fromme, a Manson follower, at the "Family" ranch. When she goes into labor with her first child, she has the surreal pleasure of sharing her room with Elizabeth Taylor's daughter-in-law, with Taylor and her dog in tow. There's the considerably less glamorous, showbiz part of her L.A. life. Her second marriage produced a postmodern, blended family with multiple children from each spouse's first marriage. The book's tone is entertainingly breezy, but lacks depth. The seeming randomness and paucity of material makes the slim volume feel like a dry run for a longer work.
