{"id":625,"date":"2008-10-11T13:43:36","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T18:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=625"},"modified":"2008-10-11T13:43:36","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T18:43:36","slug":"goodbye-hollywood-nobody-by-lisa-samson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=625","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Hollywood Nobody by Lisa Samson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is October 11th<\/span><\/strong>, and FIRST is doing a special tour to ‘Say Goodbye to Hollywood Nobody’.<\/p>\n

Today’s feature author is: <\/strong><\/div>\n
LISA SAMSON<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

and her book:<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Goodbye Hollywood Nobody<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

NavPress Publishing Group (September 15, 2008)<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

<\/em><\/a>\"\"<\/a>Lisa Samson is the author of twenty books, including the Christy Award-winning Songbird<\/em>. Apples of Gold<\/em> was her first novel for teens<\/p>\n

These days, she’s working on Quaker Summer<\/em>, volunteering at Kentucky Refugee Ministries, raising children and trying to be supportive of a husband in seminary. (Trying . . . some days she’s downright awful. It’s a good thing he’s such a fabulous cook!) She can tell you one thing, it’s never dull around there.
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\n<\/a>Other Novels by Lisa:<\/p>\n

Hollywood Nobody<\/span><\/a>, Finding Hollywood Nobody<\/span><\/a>, Romancing Hollywood Nobody<\/span><\/a>, Straight Up<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Club Sandwich<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Songbird<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Tiger Lillie<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Church Ladies<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Women’s Intuition: A Novel<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Songbird<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Living End<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/span>
\nVisit her at her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Product Details<\/p>\n

List Price: $12.99
\nPaperback: 192 pages
\nPublisher: NavPress Publishing Group (September 15, 2008)
\nLanguage: English
\nISBN-10: 1600062229
\nISBN-13: 978-1600062223<\/p>\n

AND NOW…THE FIRST CHAPTER:<\/span> <\/strong>
\n<\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, July 11, 6:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

I awaken to a tap on my shoulder and open my eye. My right eye. See, these days it could be one of four people: Charley, Dad, Grampie, or Grammie.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Morning, dear!\u201d<\/p>\n

Grammie.<\/p>\n

Oh well, might as well go for broke. I open the other eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you sleep well?\u201d<\/p>\n

I shake my head and reach for my cat glasses. \u201cNope. I kept dreaming about Charley in Scotland.\u201d We sent her off with her new beau, the amazing Anthony Harris, two days ago. \u201cI imagined a road full of sheep chasing her down.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would be silly. They would have to know she hates lamb chops.\u201d Grammie sits on my bed. Yes, my bed. In their fabulous house. In my own wonderful room, complete with reproductions of the Barcelona chair and a platform bed of gleaming sanded mahogany. I burrow further into my white down comforter. I sweat like a pig at night, but I don\u2019t care. A real bed, a bona fide comforter, and four pillows. Feather pillows deep enough to sink the Titanic in.<\/p>\n

She pats my shoulder, her bangled wrists emitting the music of wooden jewelry. \u201cUp and at \u2019em, Scotty. Your dad wants to be on the road by seven thirty.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI need a shower.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHop to it then.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several minutes later, I revel in the glories of a real shower. Not the crazy little stall we have in the TrailMama, which Dad gassed up last night for our trip to Maine. Our trip to find Babette, my mother. Is she dead or alive? That\u2019s what we\u2019re going to find out.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s complicated.<\/p>\n

The warm water slides over me from the top of my head on down, and I\u2019ve found the coolest shampoo. It smells like limeade. I kid you not. It\u2019s the greatest stuff ever.<\/p>\n

Over breakfast, Grampie sits down with us and goes over the map to make certain Dad knows the best route. My father sits patiently, nodding as words like turnpike, bypass, and scenic route roll like a convoy out of Grampie\u2019s mouth.<\/p>\n

Poor Grampie. Dad is just the best at navigation and knows everything about getting from point A to point B, but I think Grampie wants to be a part of it. He hinted at us all going in the Beaver Marquis, their Luxury-with-a-capital-L RV, but Dad pretended not to get it.<\/p>\n

Later, Dad said to me, \u201cIt\u2019s got to be just us, Scotty. I love my mother and father, but some things just aren\u2019t complete-family affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know. I think you\u2019re right. And if it\u2019s bad . . .\u201d<\/p>\n

He nods. \u201cI\u2019d just as soon they not be there while we fall apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Right.<\/p>\n

So then, I hop up into our RV, affectionately known as the TrailMama, Dad\u2019s black pickup already hitched behind. (Charley\u2019s kitchen trailer is sitting on a lot in storage at a nearby RV dealership, and good riddance. I\u2019m hoping Charley never needs to use that thing again.) \u201cWant me to drive?\u201d<\/p>\n

He laughs.<\/p>\n

Yep. I still don\u2019t have my license.<\/p>\n

Man. But it\u2019s been such a great month or so at the beach. So, okay, I don\u2019t tan much really, but I do have a nice peachy glow.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll take it.<\/p>\n

And Grampie grilled a lot, and Grammie helped me sew a couple of vintage-looking skirts, and I\u2019ve learned the basics of my harp.<\/p>\n

I jump into the passenger\u2019s seat, buckle in, and look over at my dad. \u201cYou really ready for this?\u201d My heart speeds up. This is the final leg of a very long journey, and what\u2019s at the end of the path will determine the rest of our lives.<\/p>\n

He looks into my eyes. \u201cAre you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d I whisper. \u201cBut we don\u2019t really have a choice, do we?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can go alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

I shake my head. \u201cNo, Dad. Whatever we do, whatever happens from here on out, we do it together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDeal.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

MY REVIEW:<\/h3>\n

Goodbye Hollywood Nobody<\/a> is a fitting end to Lisa Samson’s Hollywood Nobody series. The author has tied up all the loose ends in a manner that should please most readers of the series. Without giving anything away, let me say that there are a few surprises and that everything does not end happily ever after yet is still satisfactory.<\/p>\n

I have enjoyed following Scotty Dawn throughout the series as she touched and was touched by so many people. Her character is so realistic and likeable and the reader can see Scotty’s maturation as the series progresses. If I had a teen daughter, I would love for her to have a friend like Scotty. I am a little bit sad to say goodbye to Hollywood Nobody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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