This One is Mine
by Maria Semple

Summary

Maria Semple takes on the follies of the posh life in Los Angeles in her sharp, funny first novel.

Witty, affectionate, and fearsomely Violet is a modern woman who has traded a rewarding job for a picture-perfect at-home mother's life. Violet can speak French, quote Sondheim and whip up dinner from the vegetables in her garden. She has everything under control-except her own happiness. Driving the hills of Los Angeles, her sense of isolation grows with every curve. Then a chance encounter sets it all in motion. Heedless of consequences, Violet embarks upon her monomaniacal journey towards destruction.

Praise

"Maria Semple takes on the follies of the posh life in Los Angeles in her sharp, funny first novel. This One Is Mine is a delight." — The Boston Globe

"Semple takes Hollywood stereotypes and makes you care about them. She's unflinching, but compassion isn't sacrificed. The devastating, poetic finale gives us reason to anticipate Semple's follow-up novel." — Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Truth, of all variety, triumphs here. This One Is Mine is refreshingly clear-eyed about its characters and subjects. She beautifully renders the twists and turns an overburdened heart can take." — Los Angeles Times

About the Author

Maria Semple spent her first two years of life in Spain where her father wrote the pilot for the TV series Batman. After graduating from Barnard College, Maria sold a movie script to Twentieth Century Fox. Thus began a fifteen-year career in television, writing for shows like Beverly Hills 90210, Ellen, Saturday Night Live, Mad About You and Arrested Development. But then Maria decided to resist Hollywood and return to her dream of novel-writing. Maria and her family live in Seattle.

For more information on Maria, check out her web site www.mariasemple.com.

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