BREAKFAST AT STEPHANIE'S
Sue Margolis, . . Delta, $12 (336pp) ISBN 978-0-385-33733-5
As an almost destitute single mother who hasn't had sex in years, Stephanie Glassman knows how to sing the blues—really sing the blues, despite her being British, and Jewish to boot. In fact, her meddlesome but loving parents aren't the only ones who think Stephanie has a magnificent voice, so why hasn't she landed the lucky break she deserves? When two-year-old Jake's father, a stunt man named Albert, appears back on the scene with earnest intentions to settle down, and London's hottest agent, the "fun size" midget Ossie Da Costa, gives her a call, her luck appears to be changing. But Ossie offers her a questionable assignment to provide the behind-the-scenes voice for one of the theater's biggest prima donnas, and then Stephanie runs into an old crush, the rising star Frank Waterman. Now Stephanie must make some tough decisions about shaping not only her own life but her son's as well. With Stephanie, Margolis (
Reviewed on: 04/19/2004
Genre: Fiction
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