Fiction / LGBTQ / Romance
Publication Date: June 11, 2024
Publisher: Bywater Books
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Novelist and filmmaker Mari SanGiovanni introduces readers to the
irrepressible Liddy-Jean Carpenter, a matchmaker with special talents who
will charm readers with her wit, wisdom, and sensibilities in this warm,
enchanting love-is-love office romance.
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Liddy-Jean Carpenter has learning disabilities. But she also has a
surprisingly genius plan.
While she spends her days doing minor office tasks with nobody paying
attention, she sees how badly the wand-waving big boss treats the Marketing
Department worker bees. So, she takes lots of notes for a business book to
teach bosses to be better.
While compiling pages of bad behavior notes, she finds she likes
office-mate Rose and Rose’s new friend Jenny. But she doesn’t
like Rose’s creepy boyfriend. So how can she save Rose?
Liddy-Jean knows with certainty that love is love, and she concludes that
Rose should be with Jenny, bosses should do better, and everybody needs the
services of Liddy-Jean, Marketing Queen.
EXCERPT
The uniqueness of Liddy-Jean‘s perspective on life comes across in the chapter titles where she narrators:Â
     -Disco balls and the dress named JesusÂ
     -Why I hate white chairs (…turns out you can’t eat chocolate anywhere near them.)
     -Wearing roller-skates does not mean you will move fast.
     -Why I Love Cardboard Boxes
     -Throwing Up From Boobs
     -Tomato Tit Freckles (her description of her aunt after she cooks Meatballs and spaghetti dinner)
     -The Goodfella and the Lightning Bugs
     -People with Antennas Know ThingsÂ
About the Author
MARI SANGIOVANNI is a novelist, filmmaker, screenplay writer, and owner of
Love Is Love Productions. She is the author of the award-winning novels,
Greetings From Jamaica, Wish You Were Queer, Camptown Ladies, and 80% Done
With Straight Girls, and she wrote and directed the award-winning short
film, The Sibling Rule. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she
splits her time between Boston, MA, and Coventry, RI.
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Contact Links
Instagram: @SanGiovanniMari
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