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The Last Will & Testament of Zelda McFigg
The Last Will Testament of Zelda McFigg Author:Betsy Robinson "Ingenious comic author Betsy Robinson, in finely wrought prose, tells the life story of Zelda McFigg. Zelda is a heavyweight, seemingly guided or misguided by a ruinous wrath and the feeling that dishonesty is the best policy. Robinson designs a remarkable pilgrimage for Zelda and uncovers under her many, many layers, a sorrowful affectionate h... more »eart."
--Susan Trott, The Holy Man series
"Zelda is an iconic voice of our media-struck age, ferociously trying to rectify the gross injustice of her non-celebrity. A character angry, proud, and desperate to be seen."
--John Sayles, writer and filmmaker
"A thoroughly delightful new novel--in parts funny, tragic, angry, heartbreaking, caustic, absurd and totally all-too true. A comic geshrei from the heart, and pleasure from first page to last!"--Steve Kaplan, script consultant, author of The Hidden Tools of Comedy
Cousin to Ignatius J. Reilly (A Confederacy of Dunces) and Homer Simpson, Zelda McFigg believes she could have been somebody, if only someone had recognized her inner beauty and star quality. She runs away from home at age fourteen, and at age forty nine and one quarter writes this furiously funny memoir to "set the record straight."
Betsy Robinson has been writing funny for more than forty years--as a playwright, journalist, and novelist. Her first novel, Plan Z by Leslie Kove, was published by Mid-List Press in 2001 as winner of their First Novel Award series. Betsy is a former actor (John Sayles films Return of the Secaucus Seven and Lianna) and present book editor, specializing in self-help and spiritual psychology. Her awards include winner of Chronogram magazine's literary (short story) award, a Writers Guild East fellowship to write two screenplays, two playwright residencies at the O'Neill Playwrights Conference, and first prize in Dubuque Fine Arts 1-Act contest.« less