The Lumiere Affair: A Novel of Cannes by Sara Voorhees 1.03

The Lumiere Affair: A Novel of Cannes
Sara Voorhees
Simon & Schuster
May 8, 2007

Natalie Conway should be thrilled at the prospect of covering the Cannes Film Festival. Shes desperate to revive her struggling career, shes passionate about movies, and Cannes is the heart and soul of cinematic glamour and tradition, the place where film legends are born, made, or left withering on the vine. But Cannes is in France, and going to France means facing painful memories of Natties brief childhood in Paris and the bizarre accident that killed her mother and forced her mothers lover, Michel Claudel, to ship Nattie off to the New Mexico desert to live with a father she had never met. So France is Natties personal nightmare -- but with the bank foreclosing on her house in Los Angeles, it is a nightmare she must finally face. The moment she sets foot in Paris, Natties past hits her with the force of a mistral wind. Long-forgotten sights and fragrances and the melody of the language stir up hazy recollections of her mother and Claudel. And then shes whisked away to Cannes and engulfed by the film festival, juggling movies, celebrities, her demanding editor, a seductive ex-lover, and a reckless starlet hell-bent on providing juicy copy. From California to Corsica, you will fall in love with Nattie Conway and root for her -- all the way to the Martini Shot.

About the Author
Sara Voorhees is a nationally syndicated film critic who has written more than four thousand movie reviews for television and print and has interviewed almost every major celebrity in Hollywood. This is her first novel.

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