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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Alice in La La Land
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'A series of disasters in her home town causes Australian actress Alice Evans to flee to Hollywood where she finds life is not the glittery stuff of dreams. It's the Hollywood nightmare. She is forced to navigate her way round the city in a cheap Japanese rental car lurching from one audition to the next. She has no money in the bank, no friends, and her auditions aren't exactly setting the town on fire. She shares an apartment in the decidedly non-glamorous Miracle Mile district with an out of work swimsuit model and two bellicose cats who have a habit of invading her suitcase when she's not looking. Alice begins to suspect she's come to the worst place on earth to turn her luck around but she's hell bent on her mission to succeed. One day she has a chance meeting with an Irishman called Nick who encourages her to think carefully about holding onto long-held dreams when life could open up many new possibilities.' Source: Libraries Australia.

Notes

  • Epigraph: 'Reeling and writhing to begin with,' the mock turtle replied, and the different branches of arithmetic, ambition, distraction, uglification and derision. Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
  • Dedication: For Anthony

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Works about this Work

This Week's Selections Danielle O'Donohue , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 May 2007; (p. 10)

— Review of Alice in La La Land Sophie Lee , 2007 single work novel
Curiouser and Curiouser as the Actress Turns Author Frances Atkinson , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 May 2007; (p. 22)

— Review of Alice in La La Land Sophie Lee , 2007 single work novel
Gong Girl Gallops along Rodeo Drive Patricia Anderson , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 April 2007; (p. 12)

— Review of Alice in La La Land Sophie Lee , 2007 single work novel
Actor Sophie in Novel Twist Sandra Lee , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 8 April 2007; (p. 23)
Gong Girl Gallops along Rodeo Drive Patricia Anderson , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 April 2007; (p. 12)

— Review of Alice in La La Land Sophie Lee , 2007 single work novel
Curiouser and Curiouser as the Actress Turns Author Frances Atkinson , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 May 2007; (p. 22)

— Review of Alice in La La Land Sophie Lee , 2007 single work novel
This Week's Selections Danielle O'Donohue , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 May 2007; (p. 10)

— Review of Alice in La La Land Sophie Lee , 2007 single work novel
Actor Sophie in Novel Twist Sandra Lee , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 8 April 2007; (p. 23)
Last amended 2 Oct 2007 11:04:12
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