American Tango

by Jennifer Vandever

Overview

"How to keep moving forward when your life has stalled out — that’s part of the push and pull that writer Jennifer Vandever wrestles with in her taut and funny new novel...."
Portland Tribune
Rosalind Plumley needs something. She's a thirtysomething artist in Portland, Oregon whose output has dwindled to decorative paintings of hummingbirds for the upscale children's boutique where she works. She’s married to a depressed, blocked writer more interested in smoking pot than writing his screenplay while her eccentric family (the daughters are all named after Shakespearean heroines) threaten what little sanity she has left.
A tango class leads her on unexpected journey as she discovers the surprising path of her own desires and a new understanding of her family's complicated history.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940153713243
Publisher:	Jennifer Vandever
Publication date:	09/02/2016
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	425 KB

About the Author

A native of Portland, Oregon, Vandever is a graduate of Columbia University's MFA program in film. She is the Co-writer and Associate Producer of the independent film JUST ONE TIME and the author of the novel THE BRONTE PROJECT, published by Random House (US) and Simon & Schuster (UK) and translated into Spanish, Italian, and Polish. Her second novel, AMERICAN TANGO was published in 2016.
Her work has appeared in First City, Redbook, The Village Voice, and The New York Times. She has optioned numerous screenplays to both independent and studio-based producers. A current project, OCTOBER SURPRISE is currently under option.
She's an adjunct professor teaching courses in Screenwriting, Screwball & Romantic Comedy, Writing the Romantic Comedy, and Women in Film for Emerson College's Los Angeles program. She divides her time between Portland and Los Angeles where she lives with her husband.
Vandever writes smart, interesting characters who gradually mature in believable ways. Perceptive, bittersweet, and sometimes darkly funny....
Publishers Weekly BookLife
How to keep moving forward when your life has stalled out — that’s part of the push and pull that writer Jennifer Vandever wrestles with in her taut and funny new novel .... with swift and entertaining prose. Portland Tribune
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It's never anything short of lovely to find a new writer like Vandever: funny, witty, smart, thoughtful .... You'll want to see more from Vandever and soon.
Buffalo News