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Someday, Someday, Maybe

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Someday, Someday, Maybe

Written by: Lauren Graham
Narrated by: Lauren Graham
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 From Lauren Graham, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, comes a witty, charming, and hilariously relatable debut novel about a struggling young actress trying to get ahead--and keep it together--in New York City.

It’s January 1995, and Franny Banks has just six months left of the three-year deadline she set for herself when she came to New York, dreaming of Broadway and doing “important” work. But all she has to show for her efforts so far is a part in an ad for ugly Christmas sweaters, and a gig waiting tables at a comedy club. Her roommates--her best friend Jane, and Dan, an aspiring sci-fi writer--are supportive, yet Franny knows a two-person fan club doesn’t exactly count as success. Everyone tells her she needs a backup plan, and though she can almost picture moving back home and settling down with her perfectly nice ex-boyfriend, she’s not ready to give up on her goal of having a career like her idols Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep. Not just yet. But while she dreams of filling their shoes, in the meantime, she’d happily settle for a speaking part in almost anything—and finding a hair product combination that works.

Everything is riding on the upcoming showcase for her acting class, where she’ll finally have a chance to perform for people who could actually hire her. And she can’t let herself be distracted by James Franklin, a notorious flirt and the most successful actor in her class, even though he’s suddenly started paying attention. Meanwhile, her bank account is rapidly dwindling, her father wants her to come home, and her agent doesn’t return her calls. But for some reason, she keeps believing that she just might get what she came for.

Someday, Someday, Maybe is a story about hopes and dreams, being young in a city, and wanting something deeply, madly, desperately. It’s about finding love, finding yourself, and perhaps most difficult of all in New York City, finding an acting job.

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Advance praise for Someday, Someday, Maybe

“Sweet, funny, and full of heart . . . a dazzling debut.”—Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed and Where We Belong

“Warm and funny, charming and smart.”—Diane Keaton, New York Times bestselling author of Then Again

“Graham deftly captures what it’s like to be young, ambitious, and hopeful in New York City.”—Candace Bushnell, New York Times bestselling author of Sex and the City and The Carrie Diaries

“Fresh and funny and full of zingers, Lauren Graham’s charming writing style instantly drew me in, but it was her relatable characters (complete with doodled date-book entries!), irresistible romantic twists, and delicious plot that kept me turning the pages until well past my bedtime.”—Meg Cabot, bestselling author of the Princess Diaries and Heather Wells Mystery series Literature & Fiction Women's Fiction

Critic Reviews

“A winning, entertaining read . . . [Lauren Graham] has smartly mined just the right details from her own experience, infusing her work with crackling dialogue and observations about show business that ring funny and true. . . . Just like the screenwriters of the best romantic comedies, she has taken elements of the familiar and spun them into a novel that’s heartfelt, hilarious and, hopefully, just the first example of what she can do with the written word.”—The Washington Post
“A charmer of a first novel . . . [Graham] has an easy, unforced style and, when the situation calls for it, a keen sense of the ridiculous.”—The Wall Street Journal

“With insight, care, and an abundance of humor . . . Graham demonstrates that her acting chops are not her only talent.”—Library Journal

“Thoroughly charming.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Sweet, funny, and full of heart . . . a dazzling debut.”—Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed and Where We Belong

“Warm and funny, charming and smart.”—Diane Keaton, New York Times bestselling author of Then Again

“Graham deftly captures what it’s like to be young, ambitious, and hopeful in New York City.”—Candace Bushnell, New York Times bestselling author of Sex and the City and The Carrie Diaries

“Fresh and funny and full of zingers, Lauren Graham’s charming writing style instantly drew me in, but it was her relatable characters (complete with doodled date-book entries!), irresistible romantic twists, and delicious plot that kept me turning the pages until well past my bedtime.”—Meg Cabot, bestselling author of the Princess Diaries and Heather Wells Mystery series
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Loved her voice and the story. It is light, compelling, inspirational, and realistic. I've had listened few books on audible, including fiction and non-fiction but never actually complete one. I really enjoyed this book because I can actually imagine her in my mind, the actual Lauren the star from Gilmore Girls and her quest for career in the action industry.

A good read

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'Someday, Someday, Maybe' seemed like a weird title for a book. But as I heard Lauren Graham say it a few times in the audiobook, I got it. This book is about having artistic dreams and working on it chip by chip; never knowing if you are good at it, on the right path, or if you will ever 'make it'.
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The book was published in 2014 but is based in 1995. So, although the book is a work of fiction, I'm guessing much of this is from Lauren's personal experiences. ( Gilmore Girls Girls debuted in 2000).
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Lauren's Franny Banks is a relatable protagonist. Which was unexpected. I assumed Franny will understandably reveal a lot about Lauren and would be a lot like Lorelai Gilmore... who while relatable in so many ways is also older, wiser, sorted, confident, and is an expert at drawing boundaries.

(Lauren once said *paraphrased* that she wasn't sure where Lorelai ended and where Laurel began.)

But Franny is younger; she is 27 years old and relatable. She is dedicated to her craft, worries a lot about her hair, experiments with fad diets, interested in a guy solely for his looks, and tries to control the uncontrollable fate with positive thoughts and healthy superstitions. To top this with narration by Lauren herself? I'm sad the book is over. I need one more!

To be clear, the book isn't chapters filled with hilarity. It's about honing a craft and a dream in a big city with an almost-empty pocket. It's about auditioning for roles that do not make sense but giving it your all because that is what acting is about. And about finding one's identity in an industry that's fake about authenticity.

The humor and energy comes from Lauren's narration. Maybe I'm tuned to Lauren's storytelling from her 'bits' in Gilmore Girls? Na, she's really good at storytelling! And she is a good writer. Her choice of words tell you exactly how it is to be in a particular situation and you are with her through it all. Wisdom, humor, sarcasm - it's all here and none of ingredients are overdone. It's authentic!

warm & funny

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