Maybe The Moon

The number one international bestseller by the author of Tales of the City'Wonderful, funny, poignant and gutsy’ Mademoiselle‘Scathingly funny, haunting…Maupin enlightens, entertains and empowers his readers’ Atlanta Journal‘Highly funny and deeply poignant…With a heartfelt resonance few male writers ever accomplish' Boston Herald‘Perfectly pitched and heartbreaking.There hasn't been a funnier, or sadder, novel this year’ Entertainment Weekly__________All of thirty-one inches tall, Cadence (Cady) Roth is a true survivor in a town where - as she says - 'you can die of encouragement'.Her early leading role as a lovable elf in a smash-hit American film proved a major disappointment since moviegoers never saw the face behind the rubber mask.After a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is still waiting for the miracle that will make her a star. From her infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular, harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs and huma