By Daily Press staff
A confession is about to be exposed in Santa Monica. Tracy McArdle’s novel, “Confessions of a Nervous Shiksa,” follows the life of Alexis Manning, a movie publicist with a broken heart, a sick cat, inner religious struggles and a debilitating addiction to movies, publicists say.
When her engagement to her Jewish leading man ends with an ultimatum, she’s forced to reconsider her carefully scripted life and start over. Her job promoting movies — her true religion — is the only thing holding her world together. Meanwhile, Lex’s younger sister Molly is living in San Francisco and is also freshly un-betrothed, suffering her own breakup blues without the benefit of sunshine and movie stars. When Molly decides to move in with Alexis, the two displaced sisters navigate the worlds of Hollywood, dating, work, family, pets and roommate struggles together. Naturally, nothing quite turns out the way Lex planned.
McArdle’s launch party is set for Thursday, Aug. 4, at 7 p.m. at Fred Segal Beauty at 420 Broadway at Fourth Street.
To RSVP, call (310) 652-6770.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 25, 2005. Read the original PDF.