Cocktails With Mimi

THE STORY: Mimi Ralston, a wealthy and much-married divorcee, is giving a party in honor of the reputedly formidable parents of her daughter's fianceacute;. Typically she engages a stunt waiter to insult her guests and, specifically, to spill soup on the stuffed-shirt Calthorpes. But her daughter, Edie, fearing that her mother would never be able to stomach her future in-laws, has hired two actors to impersonate them-which works fine until the real Calthorpes arrive on the scene with their son. Thereafter the mistaken identities (and the fun) proliferate, until all is in a state of hilarious confusion. Fortunately things are eventually set straight, as is Edie-who learns some lessons in love and life which spare her from what could have been a most unhappy fate.Chase, Mary is the author of 'Cocktails With Mimi ', published 1974 under ISBN 9780822202264 and ISBN 0822202263.