If you love happy endings and total resolution in your reading matter, this one's for you. A wonderful story beginning in 1962 Italy and including Liz and Dick and the filming of Cleopatra. Wonderful characters, solid story. The chapter that is the beginning of a character's book is poignant. Try it, you'll be pleased.

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Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, 337 pages; Harper, 2012.