Based on a True Story - Softcover

Renzetti, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782395539 ISBN 13: 9781782395539

Publisher: Corvus

Synopsis

Augusta Price (not her real name) is famous in England for playing a slatternly barmaid on a nighttime soap opera and for falling down drunk in public. Now, she has no job, no relationship with her long-lost son, and a sad shortage of tranquilizers - but she has had an improbable hit with her memoir (which is based on a true story, but only very loosely).

But when Frances Bleeker - an insecure and not very successful American tabloid journalist - tells Augusta that a man she once loved has written a book, Augusta becomes terrified that her life story will be revealed as the web of lies it really is. She sets out on a trans-Atlantic journey from London to California to seek revenge on her former lover - a journey that will require the reluctant help of Frances.

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth Renzetti is a columnist for the Globe and Mail, and for several years worked the London bureau. Her work has been anthologized in collections of essays, and she regularly appears as a radio and television commentator.

Review

At the madly beating heart of Elizabeth Renzetti's debut novel is a great female buddy movie... Based on a True Story is a seriously funny book. * National Post * This novel is a hell of a lot of fun... made me laugh so hard I cried... incisive, street-wise, and written with the deft hand of a truly talented scribe. * Globe and Mail * Funny, self-depreciating and, despite its outlandish characters, true to life. * Daily Mail *

Edition details

• Publisher: Corvus
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782395539
• ISBN 13: 9781782395539
• Binding: Paperback