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Maybe the Moon : A Novel by Armistead Maupin is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Maybe the Moon : A Novel about?

Maybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth -- Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast and former Guiness Book record holder as the world's shortest woman. All of 31 inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where -- as she says -- "you can die of encouragement." Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and bat mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star. In a series of mordantly funny journal entries, Maupin tracks his spunky heroine across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles -- from her all-too-infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs and human ignorance. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooti

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Armistead Maupin
Publisher
HarperCollins e-books
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9780061844270
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction
Rating
3.66 / 5 (2,534 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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