by Elisabeth Robinson An outpouring of cheers, tears, and applause propelled this tender and hilarious first novel onto national bestseller lists immediately upon publication. Telling the story of two sisters-Olivia, a hotshot Hollywood producer whose life is unraveling, and Maddie, an unflaggingly optimistic, seriously ill midwesterner whose idealism has always driven Olivia crazy-The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters offers a startlingly poignant reminder of how hope can grow in even the darkest places.

About the author: American novelist, screenwriter and film producer, Elisabeth Robinson is the author of The True & Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters, a national and New York Times bestseller. The epistolary novel, her first, was published in the US by Little, Brown and translated into ten languages.

In New York, Robinson worked as a film executive for United Artists, Sundance, and the Lee Rich Company at Warner Bros, before moving to Los Angeles to accept a VP post at MGM. There she worked on such films as The Lover, Getting Even with Dad, and Goldeneye. Robinson left MGM to oversee development and production at The Ladd Company at Paramount Pictures. The company produced two Brady Bunch films and the five-Oscar-winner Braveheart. In 1998, she left Los Angeles to write and produce films independently.

Dividing time between London and New York, Robinson has produced, among other films, the Bill Murray comedy The Man Who Knew Too Little and Last Orders, based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Graham Swift. In 2002, Variety named her one of the "Top Ten Producers To Watch." Robinson has written original screenplays for Paramount and Sony Pictures, adapted Lee Tulloch's Fabulous Nobodies and worked with Nick Broomfield on Ronan Bennet's The Catastrophist.

Since 2005, MORE magazine has commissioned Robinson to write adventure travel stories, including a motorcycle trip down the Ho Chi Minh trail; elephant riding in southern India; hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc; boating in Venice, and fly-fishing in Montana. She has also published articles in Vogue, Glamour, The Boston Review and the New York Times.

Robinson was born in Royal Oak, Michigan and graduated from Oberlin College. She lives in New York City. (Per Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Robinson)

Reviews:

"springs from the author's own life…..And there are moments when The Hunt Sisters can feel uncomfortably like a big-screen tear-jerker, alternating streaks of sap and cynicism. But…The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters’ is finally wryly effective, capturing the momentum of family sorrow, the ways in which people can care for each other without ever quite coming to terms.” Emily Nussbaum, The New York Times, Dec. 28, 2003

"Her Hollywood adventures are pitch-perfect and hilarious….No less impressive is Robinson's unsentimental chronicling of the progress of Maddie's illness and the alternately heroic and selfish reactions of those around her, including the sisters' mother, an anxious children's book writer, and their father, a retired attorney and alcoholic. Olivia's cynicism, compassion and loyalty come through as funny, real and inspiring, and the novel's epistolary format is smoothly employed. Moving but never maudlin, this is an accomplished debut.” Publisher’s Weekly, October 23, 2003 Published in 2004 by Little, Brown & Co., Boston ISBN: 2003047713 Edition: First Edition, First Printing Binding: Hardcover Condition: New Dust Jacket included. Condition of Dust Jacket: new Comments: Description: 327 p. ; 25 cm.

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