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Pumpkinville
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781517305130
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 8 2016
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.67 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Pumpkinville. The name conjures images of a bucolic small town, perhaps in the Deep South, where life moves at a slow, leisurely pace.
In reality, Pumpkinville is a town an hour outside of Los Angeles. It's Hollywood's go-to rental spot for vintage cars, costumes, and sets. Stocked with collectibles, Pumpkinville is a paper town, existing through the good graces of the entertainment industry.
It's also the home of twelve-year-old Joey Rogers. A precocious child quickly growing into a handsome young man, the golden goose child actor is at the whims of his stepfather, George, who controls almost every aspect of Joey's life-right down to the types of toys and presents George's ex-wife is allowed to give her own son.
George's latest project is a movie based on Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle's childhood, written by Arbuckle's one-time secretary and silent film star Holiday Fairchild-a personal hero of Joey's.
When Fairchild-now in her eighties-attends a collectibles show in Anaheim, Joey knows it might be his only chance to meet his idol. He wants George to accompany him, but not to meet Holiday. Joey has made a decision about his future-and it doesn't include acting.
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