NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From Lauren Graham, the beloved star
of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, comes a witty, charming, and
hilariously relatable debut novel about a struggling young actress
trying to get ahead―and keep it together―in New York City.
It's January 1995, and Franny Banks has just six months left of the
three-year deadline she set for herself when she came to New York,
dreaming of Broadway and doing "important" work. But all she has to show
for her efforts so far is a part in an ad for ugly Christmas sweaters,
and a gig waiting tables at a comedy club. Her roommates―her best friend
Jane, and Dan, an aspiring sci-fi writer―are supportive, yet Franny
knows a two-person fan club doesn't exactly count as success. Everyone
tells her she needs a backup plan, and though she can almost picture
moving back home and settling down with her perfectly nice ex-boyfriend,
she's not ready to give up on her goal of having a career like her idols
Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep. Not just yet. But while she dreams of
filling their shoes, in the meantime, she'd happily settle for a
speaking part in almost anything--and finding a hair product combination
that works.
Everything is riding on the upcoming showcase for her acting class,
where she'll finally have a chance to perform for people who could
actually hire her. And she can't let herself be distracted by James
Franklin, a notorious flirt and the most successful actor in her class,
even though he's suddenly started paying attention. Meanwhile, her bank
account is rapidly dwindling, her father wants her to come home, and her
agent doesn't return her calls. But for some reason, she keeps believing
that she just might get what she came for.
Someday, Someday, Maybe is a story about hopes and dreams, being young
in a city, and wanting something deeply, madly, desperately. It's about
finding love, finding yourself, and perhaps most difficult of all in New
York City, finding an acting job.
Praise for Someday, Someday, Maybe
**
"A winning, entertaining read . . . [Lauren Graham] has smartly mined
just the right details from her own experience, infusing her work with
crackling dialogue and observations about show business that ring funny
and true."--The Washington Post**
"A charmer of a first novel . . . [Graham] has an easy, unforced style
and, when the situation calls for it, a keen sense of the
ridiculous."--The Wall Street Journal
"With insight, care, and an abundance of humor . . . Graham demonstrates
that her acting chops are not her only talent."--Library Journal
"Thoroughly charming."--Entertainment Weekly
"Sweet, funny, and full of heart . . . a dazzling debut."--Emily
Giffin, New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed
and Where We Belong
"Warm and funny, charming and smart."--Diane Keaton, New York
Times bestselling author of Then Again
"Graham deftly captures what it's like to be young, ambitious, and
hopeful in New York City."--Candace Bushnell, New York Times
bestselling author of Sex and the City and The Carrie Diaries
**
"Fresh and funny and full of zingers, Lauren Graham's charming writing
style instantly drew me in."--Meg Cabot**, bestselling author of the
Princess Diaries and Heather Wells Mystery series
