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Book Review of Benedict Canyon

Benedict Canyon
Benedict Canyon
Author: Laura Van Wormer
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Back cover: The failing publishing firm of Bennett, Fitzallen & coe has one last hope -- the tell-all autobiography by glamorous television star Lydia Southland. Unfortunately, after three years in the making, the book is a mess, and the temperamental Lydia has chewed up and spat out three of B, F & C's top editors.

Executive editor Kate Weston flies to California, knowing if she doesn't bring back a terrific book, she shouldn't bother coming back....

Lydia is actually a loving, intriguing, and complicated woman with a crippling fear about letting the public see her real self. But with gentle coaxing from Kate and her own delightfully offbeat entourage, Lydia returns to the book. Secrets -- perhaps too painful to reveal -- have shaped her life. But in helping the actress find the courage to confront her past, Kate, too, discovers she must face her own ....