Sit, Cinderella, Sit
A Mostly True Memoir
Lisa Cheek
- A
- debut
- memoir
- and
- (sort
- of)
- Cinderella
- story
- about
- a
- woman
- who’d
- been
- told
- she
- was
- “too
- old”
- to
- create
- magic
- who
- flew
- to
- rural
- China,
- edited
- a
- film
- without
- speaking
- a
- word
- of
- Mandarin,
- and
- discovered
- her
- own
- power.Lisa
- Cheek
- loved
- editing
- TV
- commercials—almost
- as
- much
- as
- she
- loved
- her
- dog,
- Ron
- Howard.
- Then,
- she
- “aged
- out”
- of
- advertising,
- at
- 45.
- After
- being
- let
- go,
- Lisa
- got
- a
- call—at
- 2:45
- AM—from
- a
- director
- who,
- like
- everyone
- in
- Hollywood,
- had
- a
- film
- he
- wanted
- to
- make:
- the
- original
- Cinderella
- story.
- Now,
- his
- dream
- could
- come
- true—if
- Lisa
- granted
- his
- wish.In
- Sit,
- Cinderella,
- Sit,
- Lisa
- Cheek
- shares
- her
- adventures
- in
- editing
- a
- film
- made
- on
- location
- in
- China—along
- the
- Tibetan
- border—where
- Mandarin
- was
- the
- only
- language
- spoken
- by
- everyone
- but
- her.
- Stuck
- in
- a
- house
- with
- fourteen
- men
- she
- couldn’t
- understand,
- literally,
- she
- yearned
- for
- conversation
- and
- coffee.But
- there
- were
- moments
- of
- wonder
- and
- laughter.
- Lisa
- forged
- a
- bond
- with
- her
- translator
- and
- a
- woman
- named
- Sunny.
- She
- rescued
- one
- dog,
- and
- then
- another.
- “Everyone
- speaks
- Cinderella,”
- the
- director
- had
- assured
- her.
- Maybe
- he
- was
- right.Told
- with
- humor
- and
- heart
- through
- a
- fairy
- tale
- lens,
- with
- flashbacks
- into
- the
- author’s
- not-always-happy
- childhood,
- Sit,
- Cinderella,
- Sit
- is
- a
- story
- about
- what
- can
- happen
- when
- you
- take
- a
- leap
- of
- faith,
- look
- and
- hear
- beyond
- people’s
- differences,
- and
- dare
- to
- believe
- in yourself.
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