Your Actual Life May Vary - Linda Lenhoff
Product Details:
Paperback : 286 Pages
ISBN : 9781951631451
Cover design: Gwen Grafft
About the Book:
*Your Actual Life May Vary is a quirky first-person novel that follows one young woman's journey as she tries to find a place for herself here in the Golden State, not to mention one for the child she's taken, although she might use the word rescued. Semantics matter to her, maybe a little too much. The novel delves into valley life vs. city life, child-stealing, eerie theme parks, and overpriced real estate built on land that basically tends to give way. It's a parable along the lines of Little Children meets Little Miss Sunshine, with a neon moment or two of The Simpsons creeping in.
About the Author:
Linda Lenhoff is the author of Life a la Mode and Latte Lessons. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter, and writes about books, travel, and the little things that get us through the day. Find her at lindalattelessons.com.
“Hilarious...quirky...An ironic, innocent, and entertaining commentary on capitalism and its limits.”
“*Your Actual Life May Vary is a novel that’s all heart, a story of finding
solace and connection in a world that often seems designed for
alienation. Lenhoff has written a book that celebrates love and
compassion at a time when we all sorely need it.”
“Told with the cadence of a modern day fairytale, Your Actual Life May Vary is both slightly surreal and so honestly, intimately human it will leave you with a greater understanding of the quiet corners of your own heart. Patty and Troy and their found family will stay with me for a very long time, and I’m thankful to know them.”
“Imagine a small child in your neighborhood, tied to a dog house in plain sight, and absolutely no one cares. What is a well-meaning person to do? Linda Lenhoff takes us there, giving us the ordinary but also remarkable Patty Grant, an out of work academic, in search of basically everything: work, shelter, love, happiness. Your Actual Life May Vary surprises and delights with every chapter in this dazzling, fairytale-like novel.”
“Is Patty’s life a mess, or is she in exactly the right place to take on the challenge of a lifetime? With a captivating narrative voice, Linda Lenhoff has written a smart off-beat novel about well-meaning misfits who could teach people with more conventional lives a thing or two about compassion and love..”