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Will “One True Love” Get a Book Deal or make the Project Publish Shortlist?
THE MARKET: Penelope Estrada’s One True Love is available for publication. Will it get a book deal or make the Project Publish Shortlist by September 17, 2007? If either of these happens, shares are worth $100. If neither happens, shares are worth $0.
THE AUTHOR: Certain facts of Penelope Estrada’s life mirror that of Charlotte Cruz, the protagonist of her novel, One True Love, from having attended an all girls’ boarding school in Connecticut to having lived in Paris. Although she was born in Cuba, Ms. Estrada grew up in New York City, where she still resides.
THE LOWDOWN: Set in New York City and Paris in the exciting and tumultuous 1960s, One True Love tells the story of the unlikely love affair between Charlotte Cruz, an eighteen-year old Cuban-American girl, and Marcus van Allen, a Dutch lawyer, eleven years her senior – two lovers forced at all cost to keep their relationship secret from both family and friends. It all happens amidst the fast-changing social and political mores of the 1960s, in a world that threatens the love that at once blinds and binds them both.
THE BUZZ: Referred from a literary agent actively representing the book. See market advice.
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| PREDICTIONS | CURRENT VALUE | TODAY |
| One True Love | $27.06/ $0.00 | (closed) |
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Discussion
last comment by: jay2play, May 24 2007 @ 10:05 PDT
Cliche title and characters. Writing is less than stellar. I would not buy, nor read this book from what is presented here.
last comment by: Ranli, Jun 06 2007 @ 06:06 PDT
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The prose is clumsy and overdescriptive, and what little dialogue there is seems cliched and awkward. The characters personalities are clinically mapped out within the first few pages. With neither poetry of language nor the promise of any significant character development, why would anyone read on?
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