Welcome To The Great Mysterious

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From the author of the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON BONS Diva Geneva Jordan has performed for millions on stage, screen and television but now has a leading role in Minnesota. She has agreed to look after her thirteen-year-old nephew, a boy with Down's syndrome, while his parents take a long-overdue break. Though Geneva and her sister, Ann, are as different as night and day ('I being night, of course, dark and dramatic'), Geneva remembers she had a family before she had a star on her door. But so accustomed is she to playing the lead, finding herself a supporting actress in someone else's life is strange and unexplored territory. Then the discovery of an old scrapbook that she and her sister created long ago starts her thinking of things beyond fame. For THE GREAT MYSTERIOUS is a collection of thoughts and feelings dedicated to answering life's BIG questions - far outside the spotlight's glow...

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'Lorna Landvik has created a hilarious cast of characters. Join them at the Cup O'Delight caf for a good time' Fannie Flagg, author of FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAF
'This book deserves to be read on the strength of its title alone... Spanning forty years, from the swinging 60s up to the 90s, this is a big-hearted slice of life that's forever teetering between tears and laughter' MAIL ON SUNDAY on ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON BONS

Author Bio

Lorna Landvik is an actor and comedian who has written and produced plays in which she also performs. She is the bestselling author of Patty Jane's House of Curl, Your Oasis on Flame Lake, The Tall Pine Polka, Welcome to the Great Mysterious, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons and Oh My Stars. She is married and the mother of two daughters.