Valerie, by contrast, was just warming up. Warhol subsequently discarded the document in a trunk filled with lighting equipment and pondered it no further. Once he appreciated the unbridled vulgarity of Valerie’s play he became convinced it was part of a Law Enforcement sting. He pointed out that the manuscript was “well-typed.” Many of Warhol’s previous film works had been so heavily pornographic that the police had intervened. Warhol, for his part, was apparently kind and respectful. He was known to produce fringe productions that others might not. Warhol was known to produce quirky short plays and films, and Valerie saw him as her golden ticket to success. Valerie had penned a play with the catchy minimalist title, “Up Your Ass.” Convinced that this piece of Haute literature was destined for success most incalculable, she presented Warhol with a copy of the script. In 1967 she met a successful artist named Andy Warhol while living in New York City. Valerie gravitated toward outlying personalities. His celebrity status attracted attention. Meeting Warhol Andy Warhol was a popular figure.
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Laila, born a generation later, lives a relatively privileged life, but her life intersects with Mariam's when a similar tragedy forces her to accept a marriage proposal from Mariam's husband. Mariam, an illegitimate teenager from Herat, is forced to marry a shoemaker from Kabul after a family tragedy. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini, following the huge success of his bestselling 2003 debut The Kite Runner. What was going to be the magic fear dissolver? Well, maybe it was something else entirely going on? It didn’t take long for someone to talk out their thoughts on this: I asked what magical ingredient it might contain that would take away fear? We had watched our little character collect eggs from the mean Peck-Hen and milk from Kick Cow and then chocolate, sugar and flour from the dry shed. This whole Thunder Cake idea seemed quite intriguing. 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To Ashley, who opened a thousand doors for me when she convinced me to send Unbreak My Heart to her agent, to Toni who cheered me on through every sleepless night, and to Donna who has been with me since the beginning of this journey, I can never thank you enough. To Nikki, who never sugarcoated any of her feedback and loves these characters as much as I do: Thank you a million times. To my parents, who made dinner and coffee and took care of my girls so that I could write, and my sister who listened to me plot: Thank you. Thank you to my daughters, who ate more fast food than any of us were happy about and smiled the entire time. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights.įor my mother, who will cry when she reads this dedication. If you would like permission to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please contact permission. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author’s intellectual property. 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