Maybe The Moon av Armistead Maupin

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<p><i>Maybe the Moon</i>, Armistead Maupin''s first novel since ending his bestselling <i>Tales of the City</i> series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth -- Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast and former <i>Guinness Book of Records</i> holder as the world''s shortest woman. <br><br>All of 31 inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where -- as she says -- ''you can die of encouragement''. Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and Bar Mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star. <br><br>In a series of mordantly funny journal entries, Maupin tracks his spunky heroine across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles -- from her all-too-infrequent meetings with agen