The Lion Is In

Ephron, Delia

ISBN 10: 0399158480 / ISBN 13: 9780399158483

Published by Blue Rider Press, New York, 2012

About this Item

Description: Dust jacket design by George Kulick. 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 as a mid of her own. And Marcel is a retired circus lion. BINDING/CONDITION: turquoise boards with contrasting red at the spine; lion vignette stamped is gilt; a Fine book, with a Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall). 286 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Lion Is In
• Publisher: Blue Rider Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399158480
• ISBN 13: 9780399158483
• Binding: Hardbound
• Edition: 1st Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • General Fiction

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Synopsis

.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, author and screenwriter, has written many books for children and adults, including the recent novel Hanging Up. Her film work as a writer and producer includes the movie Hanging Up, as well as You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and Michael. She lives in New York City.