Moon Pies and Movie Stars A Novel

Summary: A laugh-out-loud romp across America pits a feisty Texas momma against the Hollywood machine Ruby Kincaid is busy these days'running her late husband's bowling alley, wrangling her pistol of a sister, and chasing after the two grandchildren her daughter abandoned. When she sees her runaway daughter Violet starring in a TV commercial, there's only one choice and Ruby knows it?Hollywood or bust. Ruby packs a Winnebago ...with two friends, two unruly grandkids, and a mondo-size package of MoonPies and hightails it to California to fetch her wayward daughter. In a madcap road trip from the dusty flats of Texas to the glittering aisles of "The Price Is Right," Ruby survives with a little pluck and some Texas spunk. Fans of Lorna Landvik and Billie Letts will love this tender and side-splittingly funny story of indomitable spirit and unstoppable force. BACKCOVER: Praise for Amy Wallen and "MoonPies and Movie Stars: " ?To read "MoonPies and Movie Stars" is to take a delightful and exhilarating journey, kind of like being on a tour bus guided by Eudora Welty on speed.' ?Mary Gordon, author of "Pearl" ?With a pitch-perfect ear for comic dialogue and a fine sense of the absurd, Amy Wallen writes herself a place on the porch swing of great Southern writing.' ?Janet Fitch, author of "White Oleander" [read more]