Last weekend was filled with Julia Roberts, my long-time favorite actress. I saw her new movie, Duplicity, with Clive Owen. And I read Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire, a first novel being published by Pantheon in June. Julia Roberts and Columbia Pictures have already optioned the film rights for Ms. Roberts to produce and star in. Wow!
While Duplicity was set in New York City, and Hothouse Flower also starts out in NYC’s Union Square, you are soon transported to the jungles of the Yukatan Peninsula with not one, but two steamy romances. The plantology included with each chapter and throughout the book is also very informative and fascinating. Who knew the mandrake could be so deadly?! This is a well researched page-turner!
ALA Alert! Margot Berwin, author of Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire is joining us at ALA Annual in Chicago on July 12th. Don’t miss her on the FOLUSA First Author panel from 1:30pm – 3:00pm.
-Erica