You Have To Kiss a Lot of Frogs
Laurie Graff
- “A
- provocative
- and
- intelligent
- look
- at
- the
- ways
- that
- people
- search
- for
- a
- meaningful
- life.”—
- Publishers
- WeeklyForty-five-year-old
- actress
- Karrie
- Kline
- doesn’t
- usually
- lose
- a
- lot
- of
- sleep
- over
- her
- age
- or
- her
- single
- status.
- But
- after
- one
- too
- many
- bridal
- showers,
- a
- notice
- on
- her
- apartment,
- an
- expired
- unemployment
- claim
- and
- her
- acting
- prospects
- drying
- up—too
- old
- to
- play
- the
- ingénue,
- too
- young
- for
- the
- role
- of
- matriarch—she’s
- awake
- at
- 2
- am
- and
- determined
- to
- get
- perspective
- on
- her
- life.
- Starting
- with
- the
- men
- she’s
- dated.From
- the
- man
- whose
- parents
- loved
- her
- more
- than
- he
- did,
- to
- the
- famous
- actor
- who
- had
- more
- bark
- than
- bite,
- Karrie
- traces
- back
- through
- her
- love
- life
- to
- uncover
- how
- her
- experiences
- have
- shaped
- her
- and
- how
- to
- find
- meaning
- in
- the
- past.
- Told
- with
- warmth,
- wit
- and
- poignancy,
- You
- Have
- to
- Kiss
- a
- Lot
- of
- Frogs
- shows
- how
- to
- face
- your
- memories—even
- the
- darkest,
- most
- secret
- ones—with
- courage,
- humor
- and
- hope.“More
- than
- just
- a
- catalogue
- of
- loser
- guys
- and
- bad
- relationships,
- Graff’s
- smart
- and
- funny
- novel
- shows
- just
- how
- hard
- finding
- the
- right
- man
- can
- be
- and
- how
- easy
- it
- is
- for
- a
- relationship
- to
- fail.”
- —Booklist“We’re
- rooting
- for
- her
- to
- find
- everything
- she’s
- been
- missing—which
- turns
- out
- to
- be
- less
- than
- she
- imagines.”—New
- York
- Daily News
