Our library just hosted Delia Ephron, famous Hollywood screenwriter and novelist. Her new book, Frannie in Pieces, was just released! Alex Uhl, owner of Whale of a Tale Bookshoppe, was our sponsor and my good friend! We had a packed house in the library for this event. I served “James’s Late Night Brownies” made from the recipe on Delia Ephron’s website (www.deliaephron.com). They were so yummy!
Delia fit the “pieces” together as to what inspired her to write this new teen novel! It was amazing that a trip to Cinque Terre in Italy, a photo she took and a puzzle she found all fit together for a book full of drama and comedy about Frannie, a girl who had lost her father and didn’t realize how much she had fallen to pieces and needed to be put back together herself! This is a fabulous book! Delia is amazing at painting the scenes with words. I could totally visualize in my mind the details.
I just lost my father a year ago last summer. It takes a long time to go through the grief and feel like the pieces of my life are put back together. But this book made me laugh and cry - emotions that are good to feel and heal!
By the way, Delia has many movies to her credit as a screenwriter - You’ve Got Mail (I have watched it many times), Bewitched (starring a former Rancho student, Will Ferrell (’81/’82) and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, based on the book by Ann Brashares, to name a few!
My special thanks go to Delia Ephron, HarperCollins and Alex Uhl for this fabulous event!
