REACHING FOR THE GODS: A Satire of the Cult of Celebrity

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Merle LaBrune seems to have it all: she is the star of a long-running soap opera with a handsome young lover; but she has a burning desire to join the Hollywood A-listers and is not going to let a few shocking secrets regarding her past get in her way.It is 1984, the year of the Los Angeles Olympics, and Merle sees herself as a latter-day Aphrodite, goddess of love. She plans to remain young for however long it takes for her to ascend a pantheon of Hollywood idols and be worshipped as a goddess. However, she has the unerring feeling she is about to be dropped from the TV series in which she stars. Her life is further complicated by her live-in lover’s decision to bring his daughter, Heidi, to come live with them. Heidi does her utmost to make Merle’s life a living hell.The story starts at the very beginning, so to speak, with a dream sequence of the archetypal Eve and ends with Merle’s ambition of godhood almost realized: banged up in jail as she atones for the sins of mankind. But her delusions are finally shattered when she is confronted with her true identity.Characters also include a transgender hooker, a dominatrix to the stars and an interior designer with designs on Heidi. This is not a book for the easily offended.PLEASE TAKE A LOOK INSIDEAlso Coming SoonTHE OBSESSEDSometimes the stalker is herself stalked

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Expired Deals REACHING FOR THE GODS: A Satire of the Cult of Celebrity Merle LaBrune seems to have it all: she is the star of a long-running soap opera with a handsome young lover; but she has a burning desire to join the Hollywood A-listers and is not going to let a few shocking secrets regarding her past get in her way.It is 1984, the year of the Los Angeles Olympics, and Merle sees herself as a latter-day Aphrodite, goddess of love. She plans to remain young for however long it takes for her to ascend a pantheon of Hollywood idols and be worshipped as a goddess. However, she has the unerring feeling she is about to be dropped from the TV series in which she stars. Her life is further complicated by her live-in lover’s decision to bring his daughter, Heidi, to come live with them. Heidi does her utmost to make Merle’s life a living hell.The story starts at the very beginning, so to speak, with a dream sequence of the archetypal Eve and ends with Merle’s ambition of godhood almost realized: banged up in jail as she atones for the sins of mankind. But her delusions are finally shattered when she is confronted with her true identity.Characters also include a transgender hooker, a dominatrix to the stars and an interior designer with designs on Heidi. This is not a book for the easily offended.PLEASE TAKE A LOOK INSIDEAlso Coming SoonTHE OBSESSEDSometimes the stalker is herself stalked http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61H0UhtAhZL._SL160_.jpg

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