(thanks to Ms. Fuse )
(thanks to Ms. Fuse )
by Jacques Prevert translated and illustrated by Mordecai Gerstein Roaring Brook 2007 originally published as pour faire le portrait d'un oiseau by editions GALLIARD 1949 Thankfully, and perhaps because of its age, the publisher has refrained from printing "From the acclaimed screenwriter of the French classic Children of Paradise" because that would have prevented me from picking the book up at
Paulina Porizkova, the former model who is married to the Cars guy, and who was voted off Dancing with the Stars, has a new novel out called A Model Summer.
People magazine asked her, "Will you write more books?"
Her answer? "Yes, I'm way too old and fat to model now. But for a writer, I'm pretty damn young and hot!" [Full disclosure: for the record, she is 42, slender and beautiful.]
[Full disclosure number 2: I'm not even going to mock her. I always enjoy going to Malice Domestic, a mystery fan/writer conference held every spring in DC, because there I am still young and hot. And only there, unfortunately. There, Paulina would be a goddess.]
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I cannot wait to see this one. Thanks for the review. Jules, 7-Imp