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The glittering new book from the
author hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "unique,
intriguing, and often hilarious"
Here are the events that make up a life:
a junior-high-school fashion crisis, a best friend's betrayal,
substance abuse, recovery, finding a satisfying career, dating
fiascos, the perfect relationship, the illness and slow death
of a parent. This is the life of Charlotte Anne Byers, told
by Elizabeth Crane, whose debut, When the Messenger Is
Hot, has been praised across the country for its humor
and grace.
From the time she moved to New York as
a young girl, desperate to tame her ridiculed southern accent,
Charlotte Anne Byers has struggled to fit in-even while her
strong will makes her clash with everything and everyone around
her. With her mother pursuing a career as an opera singer
and her father returning to Iowa, Charlotte is caught in the
divide between her parents' dreams. She finds a touchstone
in Jenna, a friend who will be by Charlotte's side through
the death of her mother, several failed career moves, even
more failed romances, a detour into alcoholism, and finding
true love. In her lifetime Charlotte finds hope and disappointment
mingled with faith and desperation, laughter on the heels
of weeping, and success assuaging the pain of the most embarrassing
failures-her path both all her own and instantly familiar.
All This Heavenly Glory confirms
Elizabeth Crane's talents as the writer the San Francisco
Chronicle called "hilariously off-kilter and utterly refreshing."
With whimsy, skepticism, and undaunted emotional frankness,
she paints a dazzling portrait of one woman's unique desires
and heartbreaks.
Elizabeth Crane's stories
have appeared in The Sycamore Review, Washington
Square, Weep Daily, New York Stories, Book,
The Florida Review, and Eclipse. She lives in
Chicago.
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