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Author Mari SanGiovanni (Cindy-Lu-Who & Mari's breasts appear with permission from their agents.)
GREETINGS FROM JAMAICA, WISH YOU WERE QUEER (Published 2007 by Bywater Books)
Marie Santora has a few secrets her wacky Italian family may not let her keep. After Marie comes into a windfall of cash, she surprises the whole clan with a trip to Jamaica where the family collides in a hilarious Caribbean romp filled with lies, lesbians and even a few lemmings.
Siblings, Sicilians, and celebrity stalkers...money, mothers, and wayward meatballs; all conspire to make a peaceful vacation anything but that! Marie learns the amount of money you need to live comfortably is directly related to your number of relatives; if they don’t get enough of her money; she won’t live comfortably.
Is it possible to find and keep the love of your life while on vacation with your entire family?
The island of Jamaica just may not be big enough...
(Greetings From Jamaica was a Golden Crown Finalist and the screenplay version was a top 10 finalist in the New Hampshire Film Festival in 2010)
CAMPTOWN LADIES (Release date: October 2011 by Bywater Books)
Marie Santora decides spending time with her crazy Italian family could be the only distraction from her broken heart. However, Marie takes on much more than she bargains for when her sister buys a campground with plans to cater it to a special clientele, while keeping it a secret from the rest of the family. The problems have only begun when she finds out her sister's plans include launching an Italian restaurant at the camp, and hiring the woman who broke their brother's heart.
Follow the Camptown Ladies crew and the hilarious antics of the Santora family, when they hit the road for a much needed break in Provincetown, and for their triumphant return as they build what could be much more than just a campground, that is, until Marie falls for the one person in the world she can't possibly have...
When the campfires start heating up, someone is likely to get burned...and the meatball could hit the fan for several members of the Santora clan!
LIDDY-JEAN, MARKETING QUEEN (Release Date: To Be Announced)
Liddy-Jean Carpenter has a plan.
Liddy-Jean Carpenter also has Down Syndrome. She works for the marketing department of a large corporation,completing basic tasks, and so no one takes any notice when she starts making a detailed list of what is wrong with the way the company operates.
Enlisting the aid of her friends Rose and Jenny, Liddy-Jean writes an advice book for corporate America called Wand-Wavers & Worker Bees. Rose worries what will happen if Liddy-Jean’s clever book is published and fears that it will be The Devil Wears Nada if the book actually becomes a hit. Meanwhile, Liddy-Jean is cooking up another plan – a plan to get Rose away from a dangerous boyfriend.
The way Liddy-Jean sees it, love is love, and she becomes convinced that Rose belongs with Jenny. Liddy-Jean decides she must hatch the perfect scheme to fix both their lives, and maybe a few others along the way …
Liddy-Jean, Marketing Queen was the winner of the second annual Bywater Prize for Fiction.
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