Now, she has no job, no relationship with her long-lost son, and a sad shortage of tranquilizers — but she has had an improbable hit with her memoir (which is based on a true story, but only very loosely). Based on a True Story: A Novel - Kindle edition by Renzetti, Elizabeth. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Based on a True Story: A Novel. A novel by Elizabeth Renzetti Augusta Price (not her real name) is famous in England for playing a slatternly barmaid on a nighttime soap opera and for falling down drunk in public. Now, she has no job, no relationship with her long-lost son, and a sad shortage of tranquilizers — but she has had an improbable hit with her memoir (which is based on a true story, but only very loosely).
Review: 'Based On a True Story' by Elizabeth Renzetti () Her memoir, Based on a True Story, has become an unlikely hit, and she's going to use that fame to start afresh. But Augusta is her own worst enemy. Augusta discovers that her former lover is planning a tell-all book of his own. Enraged - and concerned that perhaps her version of. Based on a True Story ebook By Elizabeth Renzetti. Read a Sample. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about Based on a True Story. Based on a True Story: A Novel by Elizabeth Renzetti | Editorial Reviews. Paperback $ Ship Elizabeth Renzetti is a columnist for the Globe and Mail, and for several years worked the London bureau. Her work has been anthologized in collections of essays, and she regularly appears as a radio and television commentator.
Based on a True Story is a wry and daring debut, serving up razor-sharp wit that cuts through the tangled webs (and cobwebs) of human desire, friendship, and motherhood. Fans of Hollywood — old and new — will embrace Elizabeth Renzetti’s troubled heroine, with her dash of Norma Desmond. She published a memoir loosely based on her life, leaving out key parts, such as her estranged son and his father. When she learns that her ex, Ken Dweller, is writing his own book, she is afraid he will reveal the truth. At the madly beating heart of Elizabeth Renzetti’s debut novel Based on a True Story is a great female buddy movie. This is the book’s greatest virtue, but also perhaps its greatest weakness.
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