AN IMPRINT OF WHAT BOOKS PRESS, LOS ANGELES
Artwork by Gronk

EDENDALE

MICHAEL VENTURA

ISBN 979-8-9866258-5-0
Publication date: OCTOBER 2023
Format: 6 by 9 inches, PAPERBACK
448 pages

1914. Edendale, Los Angeles. Willie, a 16-year-old daredevil presenting as a young woman, burns down her family farmhouse and seeks out Mack Sennett’s Keystone lot, the first major film studio in L.A. Finding her adept at derring-do, Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett employ Willie in one- and two-reel comedies alongside Ms. Normand, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Charlie Chaplin. Young Willie has a fantastic time jumping off buildings and making love until, as always, something unexpected happens—and that’s when Willie gets the chance to show what she’s made of.

MICHAEL VENTURA is the author of Cassavetes Directs, The Zoo Where You’re Fed To God, Shadow Dancing In The USA, and (as co-author with James Hillman) We’ve Had 100 Years Of Psychotherapy And The World’s Getting Worse, among others.

An imprint of What Books Press, Los Angeles

GIANT CLAW is a small press located in Los Angeles, California. We are an imprint of What Books Press. Both presses are run by the Glass Table Collective, a diverse group of artists and writers.
 
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