"Stories of desire, chance, promise, brought from the down below. Against the rules of heaven, what hope is there?"
Ted tells stories. High on a cloud above Mount Washington, he peers down at the earth, listening to the memories of the mortal folk he watches. Lola, once a famous Hollywood bombshell, now a god, listens to his stories. Ted's words capture her heart, just as she captured the hearts of her fans.
Down on Earth, three families experience joy, tragedy, hope, and loss. Milton and Theresa are activists, conservationists, parents, lovers, fighters. Johnnie Cochan is a self-styled ecological leader, haunted by sadness and fear. And Carney is a disaster recovery specialist who can quench an oil-platform fire but finds love hard to hold onto. Through their attractions and battles, their futures become bound, as Cochan's vision for a new utopia, a massive construction project, threatens to rupture everything.
Whatever Lola Wants is story about stories—those we tell others, and those that fill us up. It is also about the stories we tell ourselves and the ways they make us who we are—admired artists, despised monsters, adored immortals.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2014.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.54
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781927366370 9781927366356
- LCCN
- PR9199.3.S99
- LCCN Item number
- W43 2014eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (424 pages)
- Published in
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00235269 (OCoLC)895193300 (CaOOCEL)448814
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Praise for George Szanto 2
- Also by George Szanto 3
- Family Trees 7
- Contents 8
- Prelude: Spring Equinox 2003 10
- Part I: The Past 1959-2003 42
- One: As the Twig is Bent 44
- Two: So Grows the Tree 68
- Three: Coming of Age 103
- Four: Growing Up 131
- Five: Father and Son 159
- Six: Connecting Up 185
- Part II: The Present 2003 210
- Seven: The Grange and the Stream 212
- Eight: Terramac 248
- Nine: Divided Kingdoms 280
- Ten: Down to Earth 312
- Eleven: Grave Complications 341
- Twelve: Best-Laid Plans 375
- Thirteen: Hidden Depths 398
- Epilogue: Autumn Equinox 2003 426
- Acknowledgments 432
- About the Author 433
