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Dorchester Making It, Aug 2004, 12.95, 368 pp.
ISBN: 0843953705
Jules Vernon knows she needs a new job when TV Chef Francesca hits her in the head with an iron sauté pan over sea salt. Her friend, Jerry of JB Employment finds her work as an assistant production coordinator on reality TV show Pop Star Live.
Jules quickly learns her job alongside two other PCs is too boring as the PCs audition the talent so that the three TV hosts can listen to a few select auditions before making any decisions on who goes Hollywood. After listening to over 400 stinkeroos in Seattle, the show travels to San Diego. A drinking party leads to Jules vomiting all over stage designer Sam, who handles her liquids with grace. As they trek to Reno and Columbus, incidents follow Jules everywhere including falling in love. Sam reciprocates as he wants Hurricane Jules at his side forever. However, she was burned just prior to the altar so will she want more than just around the United States in under eighty days like he does?
Reality TV fans, chick lit readers, and contemporary romance fans will appreciate the opening gamut of Dorchester's new imprint. The delightful Jules is the eye of the storm as she provides often amusing commentary on the world around her even as she seems to land in one fiasco after another. The support cast enables the audience to learn more about the heroine while the auditions thankfully are handled without readers having to suffer like the three PCs do. Hurricane Jules' effort to bring order to chaos, much of which is her making, turns AMERICAN IDLE into a fun novel.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- Present (2000-2010)
Making a living subplot
Yes
Making a living:
- office romance among coworkers
Inner struggle subplot
Yes
Struggle with...
- angst over past traitorous lover
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- artist
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- movie/producer
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 60%
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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