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Mar 10
Wednesday

Festival of Books

Festival of Books UCLA

Join Lisa on April 24th and 25th at the Los Angeles Times "Festival of Books".

For more information visit Festival of Books at UCLA

Sneak Peek

On the Brink of Bliss & Insanity
   The First Three Chapters


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Book Reviews

"As Nora Joe Fades Away"

If you can’t relate to Lisa being the ultimate hyphenate, lover-wife-mother-daughter-granddaughter-caregiver, then you have never been part of a family unit. You probably don’t even own a dog!

This touching, wryly written memoir is our future’s next “Modern Family.” Everyone should own a copy.
Sean Madden
Producer


Walt Disney Studios
Home Entertainment


"On The Brink of Bliss and Insanity"

"Pure, uncensored, humorous madness."

Siegal Entertainment, Inc.

 

"Not quite sure how Cerasoli jumped inside my brain, but you have to experience the refreshing for-once-in-my-life-someone-understands-me moment for yourself. It's one of the best damn books I've ever read!"


Tish Ciravolo
President/Founder
Daisy Rock Girl Guitars

 

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My Debut Novel

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On The Brink Of Bliss and Insanity

Follow Annie, a sassy, self-deprecating, authentically raw 28-year-old, as she hazardously, yet humorously, freefalls from an all-time low to rock bottom …

She's lost her job, feels legitimately trapped inside a bad relationship with arguably the most charming prick on the planet and is even more stifled by her past ... and, oh, a perpetual buzz. Then she meets Billy, a soulful petty thief who seems to roll with the punches - literally.

Add barbed witticisms from Annie's cousin, an angry acupuncturist, and quips from two sadomasochistic elementary school teachers, and watch as reckless desperation leads to blind fearlessness in this modern-day tale where love is lost, found, "whined and dined," but mostly - redefined.

COMING APRIL 2010 AS NORA JOE FADES AWAY

After luring us through her debut novel, On the Brink of Bliss and Insanity with stark wit and mad fascinating characters, Cerasoli surprises us with the humorous and heartfelt true story of life with her ailing Grandmother.

The Weavers moved in Nora Jo upon diagnosis of dementia, and life as they knew it shifted instantaneously from Michigan...to Mars. Remaining loyal to the “raw truth trait” that exemplifies her writing style, As Nora Jo Fades Away will make your heart and mind wrestle, as Cerasoli’s does, with concepts like Heaven & Hell, and love vs. logic.

This story defies the definitions of patience, fear, frustration, shock and ultimate acceptance. But mostly, it redefines the price a family is willing to pay for one of its members to hold onto dignity.

 

The Soundtrack - by Newton's Theorem

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