{"product_id":"the-diamond-lane-isbn-9780989360449","title":"The Diamond Lane","description":"Reluctantly back home in L.A. after 16 years in Africa, documentary filmmaker Mouse FitzHenry longs for the harsh, teeming jungle life her lens took in so lovingly. Wrenched Stateside by a family emergency, with her longtime boyfriend\/collaborator in tow, Mouse is instantly beleaguered by a past she'd leapt continents to escape. In this rollicking novel, Karbo explores familiar subjects—the phony glitz of Hollywood, the fairy tale lure of love and marriage—with precision, compassion, and humor. Mouse's paramour, Tony, a Brit who calls her “poppet,” adores L.A. and all that it can do for him and his screenplay. Mouse, meanwhile, caving in to maternal pressure, agrees to marry Tony and then proceeds, with the help of an old flame, to film around her unwitting fiancé a documentary on the entire process of their betrothal called \u003ci\u003eWedding March.\u003c\/i\u003e A flawless, page-turning story emerges as Mouse and Tony manage—often with hilarious subterfuge—to keep their projects secret from one another. With its laugh-aloud moments and a cast of brilliantly drawn characters, this is a tale to treasure.\u003cb\u003ePraise for Karen Karbo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Karen Karbo is a very funny writer—from near slapstick to wry wit. Amazing.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for The Diamond Lane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderfully comic novel about savvy Hollywood outsiders trying to get in . . . not only is the plot ingenious, but the writing remains deft all the way through.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This kind of novel is a devil to pull off . . . and Ms. Karbo has done her job brilliantly.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This astringent, humorous novel tackles two subjects ripe for satire: the Hollywood movie industry and marriage—both notoriously fickle institutions requiring blind hope to sustain life.\" —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is a testament to Karbo’s skill at high comedy that the ending of this book—a funeral rather than a wedding—leaves you smiling.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Diamond Lane\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel worth reading not only for its satirical sendup of Hollywood and its materialism, but also for its continuing relevance to the American way of life more than two decades after its first publication. Karbo speaks to all of us who have struggled to achieve our dreams, been fraught with the need for self-discovery, navigated intricate family relationships, and so often felt besieged by the expectations of society, especially in marriage.\" —Alex Temblador, \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Diamond Lane\u003c\/i\u003e overflows with sly and vicious observations about all that is superficial in the world of two over-the-top, narcissistic industries but in the midst of all the scathing satire and the withering prose, Karbo still manages luscious bits of insight into real human emotion. The only problem with \u003ci\u003eThe Diamond Lane\u003c\/i\u003e? The ride ends and I wanted to keep reading.\" —Catherine Gilmore, \u003ci\u003eGilmore Guide to Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A flawless, page-turning story . . . this is a tale to treasure.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Anyone who has a sister I think will adore this book. Anybody who appreciates very smart, funny novels will like this book as well. It was one of my favorites when it first came out, and to find it again in a beautiful, beautiful presentation―beautiful cover, everything about it. Hawthorne Books did a fabulous job.\" —Nancy Pearl, librarian, NPR commentator, and author of \u003ci\u003eBook Lust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKAREN KARBO\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of 14 award-winning novels, memoirs, and works of nonfiction, including the best-selling \u003ci\u003eKick Ass Women\u003c\/i\u003e series: \u003ci\u003eJulia Child Rules, How Georgia Became O'Keeffe, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to Hepburn.\u003c\/i\u003e Her 2004 memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Stuff of Life,\u003c\/i\u003e about the last year she spent with her father before his death, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, a \u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Critics' Choice, a Books for a Better Life Award finalist, and a winner of the Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. Her short stories, essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eElle, Vogue, Esquire, Outside, The New York Times, Salon,\u003c\/i\u003e and other magazines. She lives in Portland, OR.","brand":"Hawthorne Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532199604453,"sku":"NP9780989360449","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780989360449.jpg?v=1773183033","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-diamond-lane-isbn-9780989360449","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}