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David Mahooley, a teenage playwright suffering from writer's block, finds himself drawn into the passionate world of a flamboyant, alcoholic young actress with a talent for lying
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Meet teenage playwright David Mahooley. Ever since his ex-girlfriend tried to skewer herself on the school flagpole, he can't bring himself to write a word. Enter fast-talking Della Jones, an actress and writing coach with a gym bag full of massage oil, vodka, houseplants, and experiments in "mutual grooming." Her outrageous ways are enough to set David's mind and heart spinning and inspire a new kind of play.
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It will be his masterpiece -- a play about teenage love the way it really is: burning, boiling, and passionate. David will write it. Della will be the star. But each new scene brings startling revelations about Della's past. And by the time the truth of it all is written. the two of them will never be the same.
"Funky, at times outrageous, this character study of two creative Manhattan teens who just might be in love... reads like greased lightning." -- The Horn Book Magazine
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- PublisherHarpercollins Childrens Books
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0060233532
- ISBN 13 9780060233532
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages167
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David and Della
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ISBN 10: 0060233532
ISBN 13: 9780060233532
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