Ivy Grows on Sarah Jessica Parker
Wed., Jun. 25, 2008 8:15 PM PDT by NATALIE FINN, E! Online
Now that Sarah Jessica Parker’s Big moment is behind her, it’s time to start thinking about her post-Sex life.
The actress who never met a funny hat she didn’t like is in talks to star in The Ivy Chronicles, based on the novel by Karen Quinn, about a single gal making her way in New York.
If that sounds a little too familiar, this time around Parker would play newly divorced mom Ivy Ames, who loses her high-powered job and has to give up her uptown digs for an apartment more suited to…well, someone like Carrie Bradshaw.
Eventually, she totally rocks her new life in ways meant to both dazzle and inspire the largely female audience this film will be seeking.
If the deal goes forward, this would most likely mark Parker’s next return to the big screen after her massive success with the still-playing cinematic version of Sex and the City.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the 43-year-old mother of one had signed on to the romantic comedy The Late Bloomer’s Revolution (which, interestingly, sounds as if it could be about the same exact thing as The Ivy Chronicles) for New Line Cinema and HBO Films’ Picturehouse, but now that New Line has folded into Warner Bros., the future of the project is uncertain.
Sarah Jessica Parker lines up ‘Ivy’
In talks to star in her first project after ‘Sex and the City’
By Steven Zeitchik and Borys Kit
June 25, 2008, 11:00 PM ET, The Hollywood Reporter
Sarah Jessica Parker could soon have her first project after “Sex.”
The actress is in talks with Warner Bros. to star in “The Ivy Chronicles,” a story of class and the single woman in contemporary New York. It centers on Ivy Ames, an Upper East Side woman who, after losing her high-powered job and getting divorced, starts over again in a less ritzy downtown apartment. After pulling her children from private school, Ames starts a business to help upper-middle-class women get their children into elite kindergartens.
The project, based on Karen Quinn’s eponymous novel, is described as following in the vein of “The Devil Wears Prada” and “The Nanny Diaries” as well as Gigi Levangie Grazer’s “The Starter Wife,” which became a successful limited series on USA. Jerry Weintraub is set to produce.
Warners is keen to cast Parker in another project after “Sex and the City” became one of the blowout hits of the summer, earning more than $300 million worldwide. Several projects were presented to the actress, who sparked to the single-mother tale.
About eight months before “Sex” became a summer smash, Parker had signed on to a romantic comedy titled “The Late Bloomer’s Revolution,” which HBO Films was to have produced for Picturehouse; with the dissolution of the unit, that project’s status is uncertain.
Parker has had mixed big-screen results outside of “Sex.” Recent academia dramedy “Smart People” earned only $10 million at the boxoffice, though “Failure to Launch,” a film in which Parker had a leading role opposite Matthew McConaughey, wound up earning nearly $90 million domestically for Paramount in 2006.
The Carrie Chronicles
Denver native Karen Quinn is riding high.
She’s the daughter of the late Sonny Nedler of Sonny’s jewelry on Fillmore. Brother Michael Nedler still runs the shop.
Quinn was recently back in town with her new book “Holly Would Dream.” But she has bigger news.
Her first book, “The Ivy Chronicles” was bought a couple of years ago by Catherine Zeta-Jones, who wanted to play the heroine, a woman who helps rich kids get in the right New York City schools.
Seems the project stalled with Jones — and it’s been snatched up by Sarah Jessica Parker.
People.com, the Hollywood Reporter and other showbiz outlets are spreading the news that Parker is attached to “Ivy” as her first post-”Sex and the City” project, which brought in more than $300 million.
Jerry Weintraub, the guy behind the “Ocean’s Eleven” series, is set to produce at Warner Bros.
“It is very exciting,” says Quinn from her home in Tribeca. “I always loved Catherine Zeta-Jones, but I’m even more excited about Sarah Jessica Parker. She’s a great person to play this role.”
Go to karenquinn.net for all “Ivy” news.
We adore New York street photography. The list of the greats include Henri Cartier Bresson, Walker Evans, our favorite Helen Levitt, Frank Paulin and Christopher Peterson. They all have a couple of things in common and that is a passion for their craft and talent.
Look at this iconic photograph that Christopher did of Sarah Jessica Parker in lower Manhattan yesterday. She was heading home after a trip to Dean and Deluca carrying a copy of “The Ivy Chronicles’ by Karen Quinn.
Watch the sales of that book soar now that Sarah Jess is photographed carrying it. The publisher will be delighted.
Star Magazine Hot Sheet - weekend of June 6 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Interview with Karen Quinn, Author of Holly Would Dream and The Ivy Chronicles, by author and editor Michelle Devon
It’s rare today to find an author who does nothing but write for a living. Do you have a ‘real’ job other than writing, and if so, what is it? What are some other jobs you’ve had in your life?
Karen Quinn: I started out as a lawyer and absolutely hated that. After I dozed off in front of my client during an SEC hearing, I quit that. Luckily, the client died that year so he never sued me for malpractice. Then I moved into marketing and advertising. I worked for American Express for fifteen years until they downsized me. At that point, I came up with the idea of starting a small business helping NYC families get their children into the best private schools. The company was called Smart City Kids – it still exists today. But after two-and-a-half years, I got out. There were too many tears – not from the children, from their parents.
What compelled you to write your first book?
Karen Quinn: After leaving Smart City Kids, my husband wanted me to get a job. We really needed the money. But I had always had a dream about being a writer. I’d never done anything about it – it was like one of those fantasies we have about becoming a movie star. Wait, I take that back. I did always write a holiday letter that everyone said made them laugh. Anyway, I realized that after leaving my company, I had lots of funny stories about my experiences helping these neurotic parents and their adorable kids. So I told my husband that instead of getting a job, I wanted to write a bestseller like The Nanny Diaries about getting kids into private school. Mark asked me how long that would take. I had no idea so I told him three months. He let me go ahead as long as I promised to get a job after three months. I wrote like crazy after that and had a first draft of The Ivy Chronicles done before my deadline. The threat of having to get a real job is a powerful motivator when it comes to writing.
Have you always wanted to be a writer?
Karen Quinn: No, I have always wanted to be a painter. That’s something I love to do and I’m good at it (in a Grandma Moses kind of way). My home is filled with paintings I’ve done. But I discovered when I wrote The Ivy Chronicles that I genuinely love to write. It’s very exciting to discover something new about yourself when you’re in your mid-forties.
Tell us a little bit about your book/s.
Karen Quinn: The Ivy Chronicles is the first book. It is about a woman who reinvents herself after losing everything that is dear to her – her husband, her upper-east-side lifestyle, her job. She starts a business helping families get their children into private school. Through this, she discovers a new life for herself that is better than the old one. I wrote Ivy at a time when I had lost my corporate job and I reinvented myself by becoming an author. So that book is particularly close to my heart.
Wife in the Fast Lane is about a mid-western girl, a track star turned businesswoman, who marries a powerful mogul and moves to the upper-east-side. It is about how she juggles the demands of work, love, and motherhood in the most exclusive zip code in Manhattan.
Finally, Holly Would Dream is about a woman named Holly who wishes her life was like an Audrey Hepburn-Cary Grant movie, but of course it isn’t, until it is. This one is really a modern day fairy tale that is about all the things I adore – fashion, travel, and old, romantic movies from the 1950’s. Holly Would Dream is my favorite of the three I’ve written. My books tend to be women’s fiction, page-turners, and funny.
Are you currently working on any writing projects our readers should watch for release soon?
Karen Quinn: Just this week it was announced that Sarah Jessica Parker is going to star in The Ivy Chronicles movie. So readers should look out for that. I am also working on a fourth book about three sisters in Manhattan, but I’m not sure when it will be done. I’m also doing a non-fiction book about what parents can do at home to be sure their children are ready for kindergarten.
Have you ever won any writing awards? If so, what?
Karen Quinn: No, I haven’t. My books are perfect for the beach, long airplane rides, or to take you to another world after a long hard day. I don’t think they give awards for books like that. But they really should, don’t you think? Call me shallow (and I’m sure someone will), but I’d rather read the latest Bushnell than Dostoevsky any day.
How did you feel the day you held the copy of your first book in your hands?
Karen Quinn: It felt like I had accomplished something wonderful. I was so proud of it. No one was home when it arrived so I ran downstairs and showed my doormen. Now they treat me like a movie star and they always buy my books for their mothers and wives.
What type of music, if any, do you listen to while you write?
Karen Quinn: I’m very ADD so I don’t listen to music while I write. When I do listen, it tends to be songs written in the eighties or earlier.
What inspires you and motivates you to write the very most?
Karen Quinn: When I am really into a good story, I can’t wait to get to the computer. What will my characters do today? I often have plans for them and then they surprise me. When I sit down to write, I can go for a good eight hours.
What one thing are you the most proud of in your life?
Karen Quinn: Professionally, I’m most proud of the fact that I became a published writer – I did something that other people can experience and enjoy. So many people write to me and tell me how much they loved reading my books. That never gets old. I always write people back and thank them because their good words mean so much to me.
What about your family? Do you have children, married, siblings, parents? Has your family been supportive of your writing?
Karen Quinn: In life, I’m most proud of the fact that I have been married to the same wonderful guy for 27 years. We met in law school, so at least I got something out of becoming a lawyer. We have a girl and a boy, Schuyler, seventeen, and Sam, fifteen. I have two brothers and my mom. Dad died a few years ago. It makes me sad that he never got to see me become a writer because he would have loved that. But my whole family is supportive of my writing. Mark and Schuyler come to all my New York readings. Sam doesn’t because he’s a teenage boy so he is pretty much sequestered in his room most of the time. Whenever a new book comes out, I always go to Denver (where my mother lives) and she drives me to all my appearances, helps me sell books, and brags about me to anyone who will listen. It’s a family affair.
The main characters of your stories - do you find that you put a little of yourself into each of them or do you create them to be completely different from you?
Karen Quinn: In each of my books, one of my characters is always based on myself. I am Ivy in The Ivy Chronicles. I am Renata (the ten-year-old little girl) in Wife in the Fast Lane, and I am Holly in Holly Would Dream. The other thing about my books is that they are full of real stories from my life. Anything fun and interesting that happens to me or one of my friends invariably ends up in one of the books.
Is there an established writer you admire and emulate in your own writing? Do you have a writing mentor?
Karen Quinn: There are many writers I admire, but I don’t try to emulate anyone. My formula is to write a book that I would want to read. That drives everything in my work.
When growing up, did you have a favorite author, book series, or book?
Karen Quinn: I was a huge reader growing up and I think that is why I’m able to write. As a girl, I devoured books. My mother used to take me to the library and I’d come home with an armful that I would read in a day. I especially loved Nancy Drew.
What about now: who is your favorite author and what is your favorite genre to read?
Karen Quinn: I read many different kinds of books. Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett, is one of my favorites. I also love Time and Again by Jack Finney. The time travel genre appeals to me very much, as does historical fiction. I read lots of humor writers to see how they do it. My books are always funny so I like to see the tricks other writers have to make people laugh.
Hey, let’s get morbid. When they write your obituary, what do you hope they will say about your book/s and writing? What do you hope they will say about you?
Karen Quinn: I hope they say I sold more books than Danielle Steele and Stephen King combined and that I entertained millions of readers worldwide. If they don’t say that, then I hope I at least get my own unpaid obit in the New York Times. You have to really special to get that, and I probably don’t qualify yet. If I got married today, I could probably make the New York Times Wedding page. The obit page is way more selective than the Wedding page.
Location and life experience can sprinkle their influence in your writing. Tell us about where you grew up and a little about where you live now - city? Suburb? Country? Farm? If you could live anywhere you want to live, where would that be?
Karen Quinn: I grew up in suburban Texas and Colorado and moved to New York City about twenty years ago. For me, New York City is the best place I could ever live. I love the pace, the people, and the culture here. Also, as an observer from the west, I find the customs here fascinating, which is why I always write about them. New Yorkers are such generous and interesting people (contrary to popular belief). The downside of New York City is that it is so expensive, especially when you’re trying to raise a family. We are moving to Miami in about month, so hopefully I’ll like that just as well. I’ve always wanted to live near the beach and now I’ll get to.
Do you have any pets? What are they? Tell us about them.
Karen Quinn: We have two older cats – Smokey (a Russian blue) and Cookie (a Berman). My daughter just got an adorable pound-and-a-half Pomeranian named Olive. The cats are very upset about this. Cookie has gone into hiding and Smokey just walks by the puppy and hisses at her. I’m praying things will improve.
Bring us into your home and set the scene for us when you are writing. What does it look like? On the couch, laptop, desk? Music? Lighting, handwriting?
Karen Quinn: I have a big office in my apartment. Two walls are entirely filled with books. In front of the books facing the door (very Feng Shui) is an antique desk that is very messy. Next to it (making an “L” shape) is my computer desk, which faces the window. My cats are sleeping at my feet.
Do you watch television? If so, what are your favorite shows? Does television influence of inspire your writing?
Karen Quinn: I am addicted to Law and Order. I love how they get so much story into so little time. If I’m flipping through channels and I see that, I’ll always stop. I also love Sex and the City.
What about movies? Same as above.
Karen Quinn: Like my character Holly, I love old romantic comedies from the 1950’s – Sabrina, Roman Holiday, An Affair to Remember, Charade, To Catch a Thief. All these movies were muses for Holly Would Dream.
Focusing on your most recent (or first) book, tell our readers what genre your book is and what popular author you think your writing style in this book is most like.
Karen Quinn: My books are women’s fiction in the tradition of Sex and the City, The Nanny Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, and The Starter Wife. The difference is, my books are funnier. I don’t mean that in a braggy way. I just mean that I inject more humor into my work, either situational or one-liners.
How long did it take you to write your most recent (or first) book? When you started writing, did you think it would take that long (or short)?
Karen Quinn: As I mentioned earlier, I wrote the first draft of The Ivy Chronicles in three months. That’s because it was that or face having to get a real job. My next books have taken a year or so to complete.
Is there anyone you’d like to specifically acknowledge who has inspired, motivated, encouraged or supported your writing?
Karen Quinn: There are so many people. If you look at my acknowledgements, they are always very long. But there is one person I should mention who really helped me – my friend, Judy Levy. When I was writing The Ivy Chronicles, I would send her my chapters and she would read them, call me back, laughing hysterically, and telling me how much she was loving the book. It was that daily encouragement that kept me going with the first book.
Is there any one particular book that when you read it, you thought to yourself, “Man, I wish I’d written that one!”?
Karen Quinn: When I read David Sedaris, Wendy Wasserstein, and Laurie Notaro, I think that I wish I could do humor as well as they do.
Thinking about your writing career, is there anything you’d go back and do differently now that you have been published?
Karen Quinn: No, it has been a journey and I have learned so much from everything I did right and from all my mistakes. I never look back with regret because I think every experience has made me who I am today and I love that woman, warts, tummy, wrinkles and all.
What is your main goal or purpose you would like to see accomplished by your writing?
Karen Quinn: I would love to be discovered by a very broad audience of women and to bring them joy and make them laugh when they read my work. My books are always about strong women who face adversity, but who persevere and end up in a better place. They are hopeful. I want women to read them and know that no matter what they are facing, they should press on and they will be fine. Every woman is the heroine in her own story.
How has having a book published changed your life?
Karen Quinn: I am making a lot less money than I made in the corporate world, but I am living my passion. As Mastercard says, being able to do work you love is priceless. This is ironic since being downsized by American Express is what led me to becoming a published author. By the way (and I know this isn’t what you’re asking), when Amex fired me, I was devastated, but it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me. Now, when “bad” things happen, I realize that I don’t have the perspective of time and I look for the wonderful gift this seeming disaster will this bring me.
Many authors have said that naming their characters is a difficult process, almost like choosing a name for their own child. How did you select the names of some of your lead characters in your book/s?
Karen Quinn: I choose names that relate somehow to the story or the character’s personality. Ivy was named Ivy because the book was about getting into the Baby Ivy’s in New York City. Holly was named after Holly Golightly, and like her namesake, she was a single woman trying to make it in the big city.
Have you ever had a character take over a story and move it in a different direction than you had originally intended? How did you handle it?
Karen Quinn: This happens all the time. I remember when I wrote The Ivy Chronicles, the story opens when Ivy’s husband is caught in the bathtub with Sassy, the wife of the man who just got Ivy fired. I had intended for Sassy to have a bit part, but she was so interesting that she became a fairly big player in the story. I tend to loosely outline where I think the book should go, but if something better strikes me as I’m writing, I’ll go with it.
Is there any lesson or moral you hope your story might reveal to those who read it?
Karen Quinn: Yes, keep going no matter how many obstacles are thrown in your path. You are the heroine of your own journey.
Do you have any book signings, tours or special events planned to promote your book that readers might be interested in attending? If so, when and where?
Karen Quinn: I just did a reading for Holly Would Dream in New York City. It was so much fun. Women came in their favorite little black dresses and pearls. When I toured Denver, they did the same thing. I’m going to Wilmington, NC July 10. Check out my website at www.karenquinn.net for the location and time.
It’s said that the editing process of publishing a novel with a publisher is can be grueling and often more difficult than actually writing the story. Do you think this is true for you? How did you feel about editing your masterpiece?
Karen Quinn: I have always found that a good editor will help me make my novel much better. When I first get the editorial letter, I read it, then put it away for a day because it feels so daunting. Then I’ll read it again and see what I agree with and what I don’t. But I usually listen to a good editor’s advice and this has always led to a better story.
Now that you are a published author, does it feel differently than you had imagined?
Karen Quinn: I suppose I thought I would feel different if I became a well-known author. But I feel like the same woman, and my family treats me like they always did. My children could care less about my professional success. They keep me grounded. This is my fourth career, so I feel like the same working mother, only in a different job.
Now, use this space to tell us more about who you. Anything you want your readers to know?
My three books – The Ivy Chronicles, Wife in the Fast Lane, and Holly Would Dream – can be purchased at Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, or at a local bookstore. If they don’t have a copy, they can order if for you. I do have a website and I send out a very funny newsletter whenever something funny happens to me (which seems to be about once a month). If you’ll go to www.karenquinn.net, you can sign up for the newsletter and read more about my books. There is a blog there as well. You can also email me at Hollywoulddream@aol.com. I am the author who always writes back. I might even meet you for coffee.
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From Mama Gena’s School of Womanly Arts Newsletter, May 9, 2008
Mama Gena Club: Holly Would Dream,
by Karen Quinn
Review by Sheila Hay
Remember those days when you could lie back and lose yourself in a delicious novel? When you could hardly bring yourself to separate from a book and its characters? I’ve often wondered what happened. Are novels not what they used to be? Have I become a jaded reader? Have the three little munchkins that rule my days truly whisked away all of my attention span?
When Karen Quinn gave me a copy of her new book, Holly Would Dream, I didn’t have the heart to tell her that I hadn’t finished a novel in years. I threw it into the suitcase at the last minute as we were packing for our family vacation extravaganza, with a faint “maybe . . . ”
Not only did I read the novel–start to finish!–but I loved and savored every last delicious drop. This book is AMAZING! It is pure pleasure packed into 400 or so pages! Inspired by Audrey Hepburn movies, Holly Would Dream is a modern-day fairy tale–a romantic comedy that sparkles, not only with the easy glamour of Hepburn and the 1950s, but also with the sass and spirit of Mama Gena and the School of Womanly Arts.
In pursuit of her pleasure, Karen left her corporate job several years ago to write full-time. And I am so grateful. Following the gorgeous and goofy Holly on her hilarious quest to lure in a big donation for her fashion museum, retrieve stolen museum gowns, and beguile the unsuspecting guy was the perfect antidote to my novel ennui!
Holly Would Dream reconnected this ex-voracious reader with her pleasure. It is an incredible, laugh-out-loud book. (Seriously, when was the last time you laughed out loud while reading?) This novel screams bestseller/ blockbuster movie. I’m happy to know that writers like Karen Quinn are out there pursuing their pleasure to give us ours as readers.
For more information on the School of Womanly Arts, visit www.Mamagenas.com.
New Karen Quinn Novel, Holly Would Go Immortalizes Me & Benny
Grab your suntan lotion, your beach blanket, your enormous sunglasses, and your lipstick because “a girl can’t read that sort of thing without her lipstick.” But whatever you do, read Holly Would Dream, Karen Quinn’s delightful new novel. (Yes, It’s chicklit, but the good kind.)
Holly Would Dream is big fun, and I’m not just saying that because Benny Bix Ochman Labradoodle Puppy and I are immortalized in it. We both play ourselves, except I have my dream job of running a doggie boarding place. Benny can play himself, and I think maybe Kate Winslet or Bette Midler should play me in the movie. This would fulfill another dream of mine, where Benny works and I don’t. Who do you think should play me in the movie?
Holly Would Dream is about a woman who wishes her life could be like an Audrey Hepburn romantic comedy and it feels a lot like a classic Hollywood movie that would star Cary Grant and, maybe, Grace Kelly.
When Quinn’s second novel, Wife in the Fast Lane, was published, I created an online contest for her. Among the many fabulous prizes was the chance to become a character in then-unnamed next novel. There was intrigue and fun, cheating, and silliness, but the rightful winners were finally chosen from among more than 750 entries. They were:
Nichole Cannon who wrote the winning essay, and who becomes senior curator of the Costume Institute at the Met in the book.
Candice Broom another top dog at the Met, who did the winning contest video.
Elizabeth Blair, who wrote the winning one-liner and is portrayed as a hottie who tries to join the Mile High Club with Pops. Says Quinn, “I asked Beth’s permission before assigning her to such a floozy character.”
Last but not least, Holly called her character an “unconscionable trout,” which is what someone called us when we created a funny blog ad maligning Anna Nicole Smith’s death.
Holly Would Dream
By Bianca McCullough, Special to the Rocky Mountain News
Thursday, June 5, 2008
* Fiction. By Karen Quinn. Touchstone, $14.
Plot in a nutshell: Quinn, who grew up in Denver, struck it big several years ago with her best-selling novel, The Ivy Chronicles, a Nanny Diaries-type story about a consultant priming preschoolers to get into Manhattan’s best kindergartens. The movie rights to the book were promptly snapped up by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Warner Bros., and last year, Quinn followed the effort with the amusing chick-lit novel, Wife in the Fast Lane.
Holly Ross (named after Hepburn’s Holly Golightly) is a young woman who wishes her life were a Hepburn movie, yet is thriving in New York - until her fiance is caught cheating with a minor, she’s passed over for a promotion at a fashion museum and accidentally calls Denis King, one of the museum’s most generous benefactors, a part of the male anatomy in front of the press.
Holly takes each humiliation in stride and decides it’s time to take back her life. She works a deal with her Devil Wears Prada-inspired boss to snatch the senior curator position away from the rich and dim-witted Sammie, if she secures a million-dollar donation while on board the luxurious Tiffany Star cruiser - the same cruise Denis King is on.
Holly’s misfortunes follow her to Greece when the trunk full of Hepburn costume “replicas” she borrows from the museum for her voyage goes missing, causing several unfortunate events to transpire as love and lust saturate the Mediterranean air.
Sample of prose: “Why had I borrowed those dresses? Here I was on the ship doing just fine without them. What made me think I’d magically inherit Audrey’s grace or luck by wearing knock-offs of her gowns? They were fabric and buttons and beads, nothing more.”
Pros: The many Hepburn movie references scattered throughout the book will delight Hepburn fans. And readers of romance will appreciate the romantic novel elements - smart, beautiful heroine falls for wealthy, handsome hero, but complications arise on the path to happily-ever-after.
Cons: Hepburn references aside, Holly features cliche characters and plots, at times trite dialogue (Denis calls Holly a “breath of fresh air”).
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“When I get a little money, I buy books. And if there is any left over, I buy food.” –Erasmus
Book reviews
Friday, June 13, 2008
Review: Holly Would Dream, by Karen Quinn
Holly Ross is an assistant at the National Museum of Fashion in New York City. A holder of a Master’s degree in fashion, Holly knows pretty much everything there is to know about the subject. In addition, she has an obsession with Audrey Hepburn films. Holly’s also engaged to her heart’s desire, and she’s about to receive a promotion at work.
But everything changes when the promotion is given to Sammie Kittenblatt, a New York society darling who got her job through a generous donation made by her parents. Then Holly’s fiancee cheats on her, and eventually finds herself fiancee-less, job-less, and living with her father in the basement of a pet hospital.
Things change for the better when Holly is given the chance of a lifetime: to lecture on a cruise ship traveling the Mediterranean, and to bring home a seven-figure donation to the museum that will get her her job back. Soon, however, things turn bad as Holly finds herself the subject of an Interpol investigation looking into the case of a mysteriously vanished trunk full of Audrey Hepburn designer gowns. Added on top of all this is Holly’s growing attraction to Denis, a wealthy entrepreneur.
Holly Would Dream is pure escapist chick lit at its best. The Audrey Hepburn mini-storyline is heaven, and the story is told with wit and humor. There were some passages in this book that I just could not stop laughing at! In addition, I learned quite a bit about the fashion world, which Karen Quinn manages to make even more exciting and sexy than it already is. The characters are well-developed–I loved the description of Denis’s fiancee and her five-pound dumbbells. Holly’s father is a hoot, as are some of the ladies on the cruise. This book is a must-read for any Audrey Hepburn fan. It makes me want to go back and re-watch some of her movies.
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