{"product_id":"ill-take-you-there-paperback","title":"I'll Take You There - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWally Lamb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this radiant homage to the resiliency, strength, and power of women, Wally Lamb--author of numerous \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling novels including \u003cem\u003eShe's Come Undone, I Know This Much is True, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWe Are Water\u003c\/em\u003e--weaves an evocative, deeply affecting tapestry of one Baby Boomer's life and the trio of unforgettable women who have changed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'll Take You There\u003c\/em\u003e centers on Felix, a film scholar who runs a Monday night movie club in what was once a vaudeville theater. One evening, while setting up a film in the projectionist booth, he's confronted by the ghost of Lois Weber, a trailblazing motion picture director from Hollywood's silent film era. Lois invites Felix to revisit--and in some cases relive--scenes from his past as they are projected onto the cinema's big screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these magical movies, the medium of film becomes the lens for Felix to reflect on the women who profoundly impacted his life. There's his daughter Aliza, a Gen Y writer for \u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e who is trying to align her post-modern feminist beliefs with her lofty career ambitions; his sister, Frances, with whom he once shared a complicated bond of kindness and cruelty; and Verna, a fiery would-be contender for the 1951 Miss Rheingold competition, a beauty contest sponsored by a Brooklyn-based beer manufacturer that became a marketing phenomenon for two decades. At first unnerved by these ethereal apparitions, Felix comes to look forward to his encounters with Lois, who is later joined by the spirits of other celluloid muses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the backdrop of a kaleidoscopic convergence of politics and pop culture, family secrets, and Hollywood iconography, Felix gains an enlightened understanding of the pressures and trials of the women closest to him, and of the feminine ideals and feminist realities that all women, of every era, must face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFelix is a film scholar who runs a Monday-night movie club in what was once a vaudeville theater. While setting up a film in the projectionist's booth, he's confronted by the ghost of Lois Weber, a trailblazing motion picture director from Hollywood's silent film era. Lois invites Felix to revisit--and in some cases\u003cbr\u003erelive--scenes from his past as they are projected onto the cinema's big screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe medium of film becomes the lens for Felix to reflect on the women who profoundly affected his life. There's his daughter, Aliza, a Gen Y writer for \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e magazine; his sister, Frances, with whom he once shared a complicated bond of kindness and cruelty; and Verna, a fiery would-be contender for the 1951 Miss Rheingold competition, a beauty contest sponsored by a Brooklyn-based beer manufacturer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the backdrop of a kaleidoscopic convergence of politics and pop culture, family secrets, and Hollywood iconography, Felix gains an enlightened understanding of the pressures and trials of the women closest to him, and of the feminine ideals and feminist realities that all women, of every era, must face.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFelix is a film scholar who runs a Monday-night movie club in what was once a vaudeville theater. While setting up a film in the projectionist's booth, he's confronted by the ghost of Lois Weber, a trailblazing motion picture director from Hollywood's silent film era. Lois invites Felix to revisit--and in some cases\u003cbr\u003erelive--scenes from his past as they are projected onto the cinema's big screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe medium of film becomes the lens for Felix to reflect on the women who profoundly affected his life. 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