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TURNTHEPAGEby Jennifer Perryman - Coppell Public Library

THE BOOK REVIEWIf You Were Here by Jen Lancaster

Jen Lancaster is known for her hilarious memoirs, and now

shes trying her hand at fiction. Teen-zombie-romance author Mia

and her husband Mac are finally tired of the crime and dirt of cityliving. They think theyre ready for the suburbs, so when Mia finds

the actual house from the John Hughes movie Sixteen Candles for

sale, she falls in love with it immediately. Mac likes the fact that the

house has a panic room. Never mind that its been neglected for

years and is a wreck inside: termites, holes in walls, and outdated

everything. Add in angry neighbors and an editor looking for Mias

next book, and what follows is renovation hell. Macs convinced

they can do all the renovations themselves, but Mias not so sure.

Personally I think her non-fiction is funnier, but its still a very

entertaining first novel from Lancaster.

The Best Christmas Pageant Everis the most popular Christmas show weve ever done, says director,Wheelice Wilson, so its back again this year to liven the holidays! In this hilarious tale, a couplestruggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids probablythe most inventively awful kids in history. The play was adapted from a book written in 1972 byBarbara Robinson.

The Best Christmas Pageant Everwill run on weekends, December 2nd -18th , with two specialSaturday matinees on December 10th and 17th. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for students/seniors.

(Photo) - The full acting cast,during rehearsal, posing intheir Herdsmans character.

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What would happen if your dreary, everyday life was suddenly replaced

with a wonderfully exciting, romantic life? Neglected housewife, Susan,

is married to boring cleric, Gerald. One day she gets knocked out by

stepping on a garden rake. She experiences hilarious hallucinations in

which her oppressive everyday life is replaced by a fantasy in which she

is an ideal wife and mother with an ideal family. While her real family

treats her with condescension and apathy, her fantasy family dresses in

lovely white, always drinks champagne, lives in a stately home and tells

her that she is wonderful. Eventually, however, the fantasy family becomes

nightmarish. This excellent, dark, witty and surreal comedy is considered

to be one of Ayckbourns best. See www.irvingartscenter.com.

Directed by J. Alan Hanna / Featuring: Dana Harrison as Susan;

Neil Rogers as Gerald; Charles Maxham as Andy; David Smith as Bill;

Sue Goodner as Muriel; Cole de Schepper as Rick; Scottie Corley as

Tom, Stephanie Fischer as Lucy

ICT Main Stage Presents:

by Alan Ayckbourn

WOMAN IN MIND

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