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Rescue Me [Mass Market Paperback]

Gigi Levangie Grazer


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Book Description

Aug 2001
"Amanda looked at herself in the mirror. On the outside, she was the perfect suburban housewife. Slender....Attractive, still, but not overwhelmingly so. Her hair was cut into a sort of soccer-mom pageboy that all the "girls" preferred....The breasts that James had bought for her...would be this shape until long after the rest of her body had turned to dust....

Perfect. All too perfect.

She couldn't have hated herself any more."


From celebrated Hollywood screenwriter Gigi Levangie Grazer comes this wry and luminous first novel of a young woman haunted by the memory of the man lost to her years ago.

Amanda McHenry had no idea 1985 would be the year she fell in love -- and the year her world would come apart. Fresh out of college, hungry for a shot in the entertainment industry, Amanda took a gig as a secretary in the offices of a sleazy television talk show. Saddled with looking after her drug-dealing brother, his junkie girlfriend, and their baby son, Amanda was nevertheless intent on making good things happen while her devoted boyfriend finished his law degree at Harvard. She had no intention of cheating on James -- until she fell for Gabe, her brother's passionate friend. Swept up in a whirlwind romance, Amanda realized that she would have to choose between following her heart or clinging to the safe and familiar. And when her brother's "career" threatened to destroy everything she held dear, Amanda's choice became a matter of life and death.

At once hilarious and devastating, gripping and deeply moving, "Rescue Me" is a uniquely suspenseful story about painful mistakes made in the name of happiness -- and the courageous attempt to reverse them in the nameof love.

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books; Reprint edition (Aug 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671042807
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671042806
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.7 x 2.6 cm
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,113,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A Real Page Turner 30 July 2000
By Caroline P. Hampton - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
"Rescue Me: A Love Story" by Gigi Levangie Grazer (screenwriter of the motion picture "Stepmom") turns in a wonderful debut novel. I loved it. I found the story very compelling and well rounded. The movement fast (maybe due to her skills in movie writing) and deeply emotional. It takes a real look into the world of the human condition and what choices you make can have lasting effects on you and those around you. It touches on how you can take a deep and long look into yourself and decide if you are making the most of your life. The only problem is with her character development. She leaves you hanging a bit with some of the characters and you really crave more interaction and depth. But, that may come with more experience. She certainly has a lot of talent and it's a fresh and raw voice that has hit the mainstream. As someone else has stated, I would be surprised to see this book on Oprah's Book List. It was very enjoyable.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A real page turner! 26 May 2000
By Suzanne - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Rescue Me is a quick paced novel filled with the hopes, dreams and dire realities that were the 80's. Amanda's story is one that so many can relate to -- a less than perfect childhood, changes in family and friends that try our love and loyalty, selfish and selfless friends and lovers, lecherous bosses, and the colorful peripheral people who do effect our lives. And it's a story of hope -- that life can go on and love can win out, even if we think it's passed us by.

The characters are so carefully woven, that as I read, I felt like I really knew them, and what an interesting bunch they are! The story reveals life in L.A. in the 80's, when we were innocent and naive (think sex and drugs), no matter how worldly and hip we thought we were. It's a love story minus the mush.

A great book for a day on the beach, or a long soak in the tub. But also because of the clear, easy to follow writing, it's one of those books that you can read a few pages at a time, if that's all the time you have. But it *will* be hard to put down!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing - you may need to be rescued 20 Jun 2005
By Tracy Vest - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Fresh out of college, and stuck in a boring job, Amanda and her childhood sweetheart James part ways so he can attend Harvard Law School. Amanda is living with her brother, drug dealer Val, in a seedy part of LA, while Val is slowly going over the edge. A chance meeting with his best friend, Gabe, turns into a passionate affair. James, who has never been faithful to Amanda, suspects something is up and returns to LA to collect his woman. He's upset to discover that she's taken up with a bi-racial man, and Amanda's forced to choose between the two. When an altercation with Val turns tragic, she is bound to a loveless marriage to James, all the while wondering what if her real love rescued her.

The writing is stilted at some points - Grazer attempts to paint a portrait using a lot of narrative, and just goes overboard to the point where this reader was bored. It's a pretty short novel. There are about six pages between the tragedy and the big finish - nothing in between 1985 and 1995. I really think the story could have been better developed and perhaps expanded to provide detail of those missing years. Hard to believe that this was written by a Hollywood screenwriter. It just reeks of nepotism.
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