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A review by flogigyahoo
Bigfoot Dreams by Francine Prose
4.0
This is the first book I have read by Francine Prose and I am ready to read all her others--that's how much I enjoyed it. This was a good, funny, intelligent read.
Vera Perl, single mother of precocious 10 year old Rosie, has been working for years at a sleazy tabloid newspaper, inventing stories for people who read the paper while waiting on line at the supermarket since Vera cannot imagine anyone shelling out actual money to read about Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and various other ridiculous myths and urban legends. Vera has written a story based on a photograph given to her by her on-again-off-again lover, Solomon, the photographer at the paper showing 2 children selling lemonade on a city street. Vera's makes up the names of the children and their parents as well as their professions, they live in Brooklyn and the lemonade acts as a fountain of youth. All hell breaks loose at her paper when it appears that these people really exist, lawyers are suing the paper for invasion of privacy and no one believes Vera made it up. Vera's life changes, her ex shows up, she visits her best friend in Seattle and attends a convention of people who really do believe in Bigfoot. So funny and intriguing, I finished it in 4 days.
Vera Perl, single mother of precocious 10 year old Rosie, has been working for years at a sleazy tabloid newspaper, inventing stories for people who read the paper while waiting on line at the supermarket since Vera cannot imagine anyone shelling out actual money to read about Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and various other ridiculous myths and urban legends. Vera has written a story based on a photograph given to her by her on-again-off-again lover, Solomon, the photographer at the paper showing 2 children selling lemonade on a city street. Vera's makes up the names of the children and their parents as well as their professions, they live in Brooklyn and the lemonade acts as a fountain of youth. All hell breaks loose at her paper when it appears that these people really exist, lawyers are suing the paper for invasion of privacy and no one believes Vera made it up. Vera's life changes, her ex shows up, she visits her best friend in Seattle and attends a convention of people who really do believe in Bigfoot. So funny and intriguing, I finished it in 4 days.