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Thirtysomething single Phoebe Grant has a life-long love of old movies. As a newspaper writer, she aspires to the “Big Time”. Give her New York. She also longs for love and a happy ending despite a series of bad dates. Imagine her dismay when she’s summoned home to small town America to help her ailing Mother. Will she put her life on hold? Does she even have a life?
Phoebe has big dreams which get squished. She loses her job at the same time her mother breaks both arms. It’s only right for Phoebe to become a caretaker. Despite Mr. Tobacco-Chewer, Mr. Tattoo Man, and several others, Phoebe knows Mr. Right is waiting for her somewhere. She connects online with a real potential, but loses him in cyberspace. Now rural roots claw at her ankles.
This hilarious chick-lit drama focuses on the dreams of a single girl, and the picture comes out sharp. For this reader, Dreaming in Black and White out charmed most movies!
Reviewed by Eileen Key
for The Road to Romance
November 30, 2004
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