Sparkle Life
Kara Lindstrom, . . Other Press, $24.95 (290pp) ISBN 978-1-59051-232-6
The three 30-something stars of this ambitious debut are not friends but New York film world acquaintances at one degree of separation. Joy and Sara see the same psychiatrist, who turns out to be Liv's uncle. Liv is dating Sara's brother who cheats on her with Joy. And not far into the book, all three seal their romantic fates at the same movie premier party. The coincidences that bring them together drive their lives—yielding epiphanies, movie deals and weddings—but never bring them closer emotionally. Lindstrom is a Hollywood veteran and has production design credits on films from the cult classic
Reviewed on: 01/02/2006
Genre: Fiction