  | Book Details Title: Love, Sometimes: A Novel About Risk, Hollywood, and Controversial Love |
Book DescriptionReview “This is the funniest and most honest book I have read about inside Hollywood, ageism, and love. If you want a good laugh and an education, pick this book up.” — Mo’nique, Actor”Love, Sometimes is a scream about ageism in the Hollywood Industry and unconventional love!” — Marissa Winokur, Actor, Award-winning singer for “Hairspray” and other musicals”At last a writer is writing the truth about ageism, Hollywood, creativity, and true love. Love it!” — Paula Abdul, Dancer, Choreographer, Actor”Barbara Rose Brooker is a hoot. Love the book.” — Kathie Lee Gifford, TV host, Singer, Author, Actor”Barbara Rose Brooker, author of The Viagra Diaries, does it again! Her latest book, Love, Sometimes, delivers the honest truth about ageism in Hollywood networks and her struggles trying to figure where she fits in until she falls in love with a fifty-one-year-old! Barbara’s brutally accurate, often funny observations about still trying to matter after sixty is spot-on, thought-provoking, and honest! A great read!” — Cristina Ferrare, Author, TV host”This book breaks all boundaries, speaks the truth about ageism in the networks, love and sex with a younger, bi-racial gay man. It’s funny, and true and smart!” — Miss J, TV host”Barbara Rose Brooker delivers a wildly entertaining read exposing the hype and hypocrisy of Hollywood. Packed with juicy details, wicked observations, and a big dose of love that explores sexuality and true connection, this book will keep you gleefully turning pages late into the night.” — Mary Eileen Williams, author and host of “Feisty Side of Fifty” Read more About the Author Barbara Rose Brooker, MA, age activist, teacher, painter, and poet, has published eleven books of fiction and won a National Library Award for her poetry. She has appeared often on The Today Show, The Talk, ET, Andy Cohen, and Watch What Happens Live. Also a columnist, she has published Boomer in the City for the JWeekly and the Huffington Post. Currently she teaches writing at San Francisco State/OLLI, and other venues. She is the founder of agemarch.org, the first march in history to celebrate age pride! She believes that anyone at any age can write and publish a book. She lives in San Francisco, has two daughters, and loves dogs. She is at work on a book of short stories about aging with glamour and never giving up on dreams. Read more Customers Review: Sure…in Love, Sometimes Barbara Rose Brooker shows how Tinsel Town shuns true artists who are over 50, 60, 70 years of age. She does it with eyeopening pop bringing ageism into a topic of everyday discussion. This, however, is not all this book is about. In fact, it is the REST of the story that had me turning pages as fast as I could read them.Barbara’s protagonist, a feisty older lady named Bette Roseman takes the reader through a lifetime of triumphs and tragedies–mostly tragedies. Every time something great is about to happen Bette ends up on the losing end of the battle. As she eyes the brass ring, time and time again, just out of her reach, she somehow finds resolve to go on and try again. While this also a great premise… there is still much more to the story.Bette knows she was screwed over in the past… from her mother to her ex-husband, to her lovers…. she also realizes how she has screwed over herself and damaged her own kids. Yet, she writes to find her feelings that she can’t express. She loves her daughters, and they love her… but they feel the same pain, exasperation and frustration she feels.This book is not just a novel. No, there is plenty of mindless drivel to read elsewhere. This is not that… this is POWERFUL. This is da bomb! What makes Love, Sometimes great is that it is REAL. One can feel the emotions, see the scenery…even smell the flowers in her hair… it is all so R E A L.Brooker is an amazing writer. Her ability to tap into our sense of right and wrong, our core emotions, our own personal pain…all through the life that is Bette’s is artistic brilliance.On it’s own, this book is simply wonderful. One can SEE it happening as it unfolds in mental technicolor…. it was made for screens…. for film…for television. Her plight is human….passionate and somewhere in each of us…no matter what age we are now…. part of us.Bravo!!!! I will read this one more than once! I want to see the movie! | |
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