Life in the Hollywood Lane

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Synopsis

#1 Amazon bestseller! Quirky, heart-opening, funny, poignant, up, down, and everywhere in between—that’s life and that’s Life in the Hollywood Lane. Trish, an LA actor, is bereft with guilt after her best friend commits suicide. Glamorous yet tough-as-nails Hollywood is Trish’s backdrop and a reflection of her life as she stumbles on through an actor’s life of casting calls and premieres, rejection and acceptance. Slowly Trish releases the idea of how her life should be and embraces the messy, flawed, yet stunningly beautiful truth of how it is. Trish’s humorous resilience and acceptance lead to transformation, surrender, and ultimately love. Author Ann Crawford’s trademark optimism for life and love shine through in this inspiring story that reminds us all that no matter what the question, love is always the answer. Life in the Hollywood Lane is chockablock with LOL and aha moments. Also, know any folks who’ve been chasing a long-held dream? Do them a favor and gift them this book!

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Author Biography

Ann Crawford is a world-traveling, high-flying, deep-diving, life-loving, award-winning and bestselling author of six books. She has lived "Oh, all over," and right now home looks out on Colorado's Rocky Mountains. She's also an award-winning filmmaker and humanitarian. Ann believes in love at first sight, that good always prevails, and that we're here for those wildwonderfulwayoutthere visions of ours to come alive.

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Author Insight

A Tribute to a Friend Who Committed Suicide

i had the joy and honor of working in talent management in LA for a bit. Unfortunately, one of our beautiful, talented, amazing actors killed herself. We were beyond shocked and bereft. A few years later, this story came to me. I wanted to celebrate her journey no matter how it ended. So here's her story told through her best friend, Trish, an actor, too. This bubble is when Trish first arrives in LA. The book is deep but funny, as well, and is kind of a tribute to movies, as you can see by "Scene 2."

Book Excerpt

Life in the Hollywood Lane

Scene 2—An Airplane Lands at LAX

That famous airport scene at the end of Casablanca is none other than LAX, back in the quieter day, with an outline of a minaret-y-looking structure over the shot. Didn’t you think it really was in Morocco? Okay, maybe that was just me.

You know how when Dorothy lands in Oz, the movie goes from black and white to full color? That’s how it was for me—even though I landed at LAX with literally a hundred bucks in my pocket. Those more awful moments of life sound so romantic in retrospect, sometimes.

Life suddenly…..bloomed—in full technicolor. Hollywood! Palm trees thrill me. The air sparkles here; I’ve never seen anything like it anywhere else, and by now I’ve been a lot of places. Those Art Deco buildings on Wilshire Boulevard hearkening back to the Golden Age of Hollywood make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The ’fifties-style diners with the waitresses, seemingly still from that era, feel like home. The Hollywood sign lifts my spirits even on the downest of days.

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Ann Crawford

Life in the Hollywood Lane

Synopsis

Author Biography

Author Insight

A Tribute to a Friend Who Committed Suicide

Book Excerpt

Life in the Hollywood Lane

Scene 2—An Airplane Lands at LAX

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