Soapdish PB_Gift_Guide #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER • WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER“I've always looked upon cartooning as comedy’s last frontier

and Alinor’s ambition and determination mark her as a woman who doesn’t follow the rules

the Monitor was there

A story told through a growing symphony of voices that ends only when one final voice brings silence to the choir

The history of how six Latin American countries acknowledge—or deny—their African past

Soapdish PB_Gift_Guide #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the comedic farce Soapdish, the behind the scenes lives of several soap opera actors are just as melodramatic as those of their television counterparts. Sally Field stars as Celeste Talbert, the star of a declining TV show. To make matters worse, Talbert's career is thrown into turmoil when her rival, Montana Moorehead (Cathy Moriarty), tries to persuade producer David Barnes (Robert Downey Jr.) to write Talbert off the show. Smitten by Moorehead,