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Samantha Joyce is many things: Health care policy wonk. Hypochondriac. Lover of Japanese Fighting Fish (and of Charlie Lawton, her Washington Post reporter boyfriend). Jumper-to-conclusions. And when all these identities collide -- as they do most days -- the results are always unpredictable.
Sammy?s role as an advisor to Vice President Robert Gary (RG for short) has led her down some exciting professional paths, like when she accompanies RG on a trip to India to help open pharmaceutical supply lines, and some troubling ones -- like when the president secretly asks her to plumb those lines to acquire as yet unapproved drugs for his own personal use. Her job interferes with her love life, too, after Charlie is transferred to New York for a huge story just when she?s expecting a proposal, and they find that distance combines poorly with Sammy?s dedication to her work and her overactive imagination. And then there?s the surprising -- though ego-pleasing -- series of passes thrown Sammy?s way, culminating in a highly embarrassing photo of a Hollywood hotshot?s hand where it doesn?t belong, published in the pages of Us Weekly . . .
As the dual crises in Sammy?s personal and professional lives come to a head, and her ideals are put to the ultimate test, readers will be flipping pages madly, wondering what might come next. Because in Sammy?s house, anything is possible.
作者简介 Kristin Gore, daughter of Al and Tipper Gore, has written for several television shows, including Saturday Night Live and Futurama. Her first novel, the bestseller Sammy's Hill, will be a feature film from Columbia Pictures. Gore lives in Los Angeles.
媒体推荐 "A hilarious and suspenseful six-month romp through the nation's capital." -- BookPage
"A hilarious first novel . . . a laugh-out-loud literary debut." -- Newsweek
"An absurd and convincing rendering of everyday life in the political jungle." -- O, The Oprah Magazine
"Gore's second novel delves more deeply into the political realm Sammy inhabits. But herheroine remains compelling and thoroughly lovable, and readers will be thrilled to find Sammy back in the saddle again as she navigates the treacheries of Washington politics and her own love life." -- Booklist
"Kristin Gore's novel is both fun and political . . . refreshing and charming . . . [Sammy's] Hill and [Sammy's] House both describe a Washington reality rarely captured in political thrillers and conspiracy tomes." -- USA Today
"Laugh-out-loud funny." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"The former veep's second daughter knows how to turn Washington shenanigans into a lighthearted, fun read." -- Entertainment Weekly
专业书评 From Publishers Weekly
The sequel to Gore's debut Sammy's Hill (under film development) finds White House aide Samantha "Sammy" Joyce, now in her late 20s and suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, still handling crisis after crisis. Much trusted by now vice-president Robert Gary in her role as health research staffer, Sammy discovers President Wye is secretly drinking again. Then there's the president's father, who, while in a nursing home, may have been sexually accosted by an art teacher—and who dies leaving behind an out-of-wedlock infant. There's also the famous, short movie star, on drugs and with a very large head, who seems to be stalking Sammy. There are camel incidents on a conference trip to India, a reality TV show of the life of the former (and apparently senile) President Pile and possible leaks by a fellow staffer. There are any number of doings with Sammy's nearest and dearest, including highs and lows with Sammy's boyfriend, Washington Post journalist Charlie Lawton. The sense of overload may be intentional, but it's hard not to wish there were less. Still, the book is funny, and the wonk's-eye view of how legislation and trade deals get done (the author is Al Gore's middle daughter) is illuminating, and even inspiring. (July)
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From Booklist
Gore's follow-up to her sparkling debut, Sammy's Hill (2004), finds Sammy Joyce established in the White House as a health-care policy advisor to Vice President Robert Gary. Her party is in power, but the opposition is as fierce as ever, with a group called the Exterminators working to undermine President Wye's every move and a White House insider writing a vicious blog that exposes every controversy going on behind the scenes. Sammy is the first to realize the stress is getting to the president when she discovers that he has mixed whiskey into a glass of soda, a sure sign that the former teetotaler has fallen off the wagon. More serious in tone than her first novel, Gore's second delves more deeply into the political realm Sammy inhabits. But her heroine remains compelling and thoroughly lovable, and readers will be thrilled to find Sammy back in the saddle again as she navigates the treacheries of Washington politics and her own love life. Kristine Huntley
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San Francisco Chronicle
"Laugh-out-loud funny."
Newsweek
"A hilarious first novel . . . a laugh-out-loud literary debut."
O, The Oprah Magazine
"An absurd and convincing rendering of everyday life in the political jungle."
Booklist
"Gore's second novel delves more deeply into the political realm Sammy inhabits. But herheroine remains compelling and thoroughly lovable, and readers will be thrilled to find Sammy back in the saddle again as she navigates the treacheries of Washington politics and her own love life."
BookPage
"A hilarious and suspenseful six-month romp through the nation's capital."
Entertainment Weekly
"The former veep's second daughter knows how to turn Washington shenanigans into a lighthearted, fun read."
Entertainment Weekly
"The former veep's second daughter knows how to turn Washington shenanigans into a lighthearted, fun read."
USA Today
"Kristin Gore's novel is both fun and political . . . refreshing and charming . . . [Sammy's] Hill and [Sammy's] House both describe a Washington reality rarely captured in political thrillers and conspiracy tomes."
