The Lion Is In (Thorndike Press Large Print Core) - Hardcover

Ephron, Delia

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9781410450982: The Lion Is In (Thorndike Press Large Print Core)

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ISBN 10: 1410450988 ISBN 13: 9781410450982

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2012

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Escaping from their personal lives and taking refuge in a roadside nightclub, a kleptomaniac runaway bride, a recovering alcoholic and a downtrodden minister's wife adopt a retired circus lion and spend their days waitressing until their respective pasts catch up with them. By the best-selling screenwriter and author of How to Eat Like a Child. (general fiction).

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Tracee is a runaway bride and kleptomaniac. Lana's an audacious beauty and a recovering alcoholic. Rita is a holy-roller minister's wife, desperate to escape her marriage and discover whether she actually has a mind of her own.
One warm summer's night, these three women go on the lam together. Their car breaks down on a rural highway in North Carolina and they're forced to seek shelter in a seemingly abandoned nightclub. Which is where they meet Marcel. And soon everything changes.
Marcel, you see, is a lion, a retired circus performer stuck in a cage in this godforsaken roadhouse. And through admiration - one might even say love - for Marcel, our heroines find a way to confront their complicated pasts and fight for the strange, embracing relationships they've formed out in the middle of nowhere. They ultimately navigate their way back to their own hearts - and ours.
Written with the deftness, humor, and sparkling wit that have marked her books, plays, and movies, Delia Ephron's "The Lion Is In" is an unforgettable story of friendship, courage, love - and learning to salsa with the king of the jungle.

About the Author

Delia Ephron is a bestselling author and screenwriter. She has written novels, including the New York Times bestselling Siracusa, The Lion Is In and Hanging Up; humor books for all ages, including How to Eat Like a Child and Do I Have to Say Hello?; and nonfiction, most recently Sister Mother Husband Dog (etc.). Her films include You’ve Got Mail, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Hanging Up (based on her novel), and Michael. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. Her hit play Love, Loss, and What I Wore (co-written with Nora Ephron) ran for more than two years off-Broadway and has been performed all over the world. She lives in New York City.