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Joyce's Famous Garlic Chicken Recipe!
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Have a "Last Birthday Party" MOVIE NIGHT BY pairing any of the many great film titles MENTIONED in the book!
Risky Business * Fast Times at Ridgemont High * The Joy Luck Club * Goodfellas * Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore * Moonstruck * Three Days of the Condor * The Honeymoon Killers * Casablanca * Goldfinger * Dr. No * Wedding Crashers * Citizen Kane * Chungking Express * As Good as it Gets *The Breakfast Club * Taxi Diver * The Big Chill * Roman Holiday
Book Club & Discussion Questions
Downloadable PDF:
I would be happy to Zoom into your local book club meeting to chat about
The Last Birthday Party.
Email me via the Contact page on this site!
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Virtual visit with the
"Read Housewives of Fresno, CA"
book club 12/2/21
Take the "Last Birthday Party" tour
of L.A. eateries!
Pace, Laurel Canyon: https://bit.ly/3jICebO
Joan’s on Third, West Hollywood: https://bit.ly/3BIrpwF
Mercado, 3rd & Fairfax: https://bit.ly/3j8FzjW
Pink's Hot Dogs, Hollywood: www.pinkshollywood.com
Vito’s Pizza, West Hollywood: https://bit.ly/3lNlDF2
Salt & Straw, Larchmont Village: https://bit.ly/3h3KIZw
Tender Greens, Studio City: https://bit.ly/3DPwR2P
Snapshots from The Last Birthday Party
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Jeremy's beloved
grapefruit tree
(in better days)
"Big Bertha"
Jeremy's abduction
pillow brace
Deer watching
in Cambria
Laurel Canyon View
Katie & Crash's
dog Lola
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Cambria coastline
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Madonna Inn,
San Luis Obispo, CA
Annabelle's
Hollywood Bungalow
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Not just another beach ball
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Cassie's MINI Cooper
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