FAKING IT
After breaking off her engagement, thirty-something writing professor
Andi Cutrone abandons New England for her native Long Island to focus on
her career and start over. When she meets Devin at a cocktail party,
the sight of an honest-to-goodness male escort shocks her—and fascinates
her more than a little. Months later, Andi impulsively calls Devin.
Over cheesecake in Brooklyn, she offers him a proposition: he will teach
her how to be a better lover, and in return, she will give him writing
lessons. He agrees, and together they embark upon an intense partnership
that proves to be as instructive as it is arousing.
After breaking off her engagement, thirty-something writing professor
Andi Cutrone abandons New England for her native Long Island to focus on
her career and start over. When she meets Devin at a cocktail party,
the sight of an honest-to-goodness male escort shocks her—and fascinates
her more than a little. Months later, Andi impulsively calls Devin.
Over cheesecake in Brooklyn, she offers him a proposition: he will teach
her how to be a better lover, and in return, she will give him writing
lessons. He agrees, and together they embark upon an intense partnership
that proves to be as instructive as it is arousing. For in the midst of
lessons in rhetorical theory and foreplay, Andi and Devin delve into
deeper questions about truth, beauty, and self, gradually coming
face-to-face with the issues at the core of their emotional limitations.
Smart, witty, and introspective, Faking It is an engrossing novel about two people discovering their authentic selves.
- Mariner Books
- Paperback
- September 2011
- 288 Pages
- 9780547744971
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$14.95
About Elisa Lorello
Elisa Lorello was born and raised on Long Island, the youngest of seven
children. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and eventually launched a career
in rhetoric and composition studies. She has been teaching first-year
writing to university students since 2000. Elisa currently resides in
North Carolina, where she splits her time between teaching and writing.