America’s Obsession With Celebrity Lifestyles Takes A Back Seat To The Real American Family – Thriving Despite Its Dysfunction
Ascot Media Group (Press Release) – Champaign, IL, May 28, 2011 – Women are always able to identify with another woman when it comes to the pain inflicted by a philandering husband. This appears to be one reason we have become a nation hooked on other people’s reality, but there comes a time when we want to understand more about ourselves – who we really are and what we are all about. American Suite is a hilarious new novel, along the lines of Sex and the City and Bridget Jones’s Diary, that is written in a down-to-earth, real style and captures the craziness of real life in America today.
American Suite (Jorge Pinto Books, Inc.) by Diana Sheets encompasses the diaries of three intelligent and sophisticated women from an affluent, Protestant family whose views often clash and whose diary entries frequently contradict one another. The story centers on Arisa, a thirty-something single woman who ditches her long-time partner and her career in Manhattan for a new life as a writer in the Flatlands – at the same time severing all ties to her widowed mother and married sister.
Falling in love with the first male Flatlander she meets causes her more heartache when she finds out he already has a family. Going back to New York for Christmas becomes an even bigger mistake what with family problems and finding out her old partner has a new love, so Arisa returns to the Flatlands before fleeing to Schlectenberg where she falls in love with a screenwriter and Hollywood director. The relationship ends when she discovers he has filmed their debauched relationship as material for his new movie, Legs Wide Open! She again returns to the Flatlands, together with the director’s Doberman, to write about her sordid affair in her memoirs. Life gets even nuttier, and consequently more hilarious, as the Doberman relieves a Peeping Tom of his “family jewels” and Arisa falls in love yet again – this time with an ex-con!
The mother of Arisa and Sophie is Rosalyn, whom God has challenged by making her Christian. Her poignant story is of loss – her husband of forty-four years and later a new partner, and of anger when she is discarded by her children. Inconsolable, she converts to Judaism and writes her memoir, The Hadassah Chronicles.
Sophie also has her own set of problems – her husband loses his job and she can’t stop herself lusting after her son’s tutor! When her three sons embrace conflicting religions, sailing becomes the one thing that unites the family – that is, until their boat gets damaged during a race. Sophie’s family, Arisa, and the ex-con boyfriend decide to celebrate a multicultural December holiday in New York with Rosalyn that turns out to be a huge disaster – and Sophie’s diary ends with her embarking on her own memoir, Sophie’s Seven Simple Steps to the Perfect Life.
This hilarious adventure comedy concludes with the Peeping Tom breaking into Arisa’s house, seeking revenge for the loss of his virility. Shots are fired, television viewers are urged to stay tuned for the latest breaking news, and there you have it – a glimpse of today’s real American family – not perfect, but thriving despite its dysfunction!
American Suite is a zany, moving tale that celebrates the strength and resilience of these three strong women and delights in the complexity of life’s journey. It is a novel guaranteed to make us re-think our ideas about romance, family and identity, forcing us to seek the truth about ourselves.
American Suite has received rave reviews and has all the makings of a box-office smash hit. Please visit http://www.literarygulag.com for more information on Dr. Diana Sheets.
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