All of thirty-one inches tall, Cadence (Cady) Roth is a true survivor in a town where - as she says - 'you can die of encouragement'. Her early leading role as a lovable elf in a smash-hit American film proved a major disappointment since moviegoers never saw the face behind the rubber mask she had to wear. After a decade of hollow promises form the Industry, she is still waiting for the miracle that will make her a star.
Through a series of bracingly frank journal entries, Armistead Maupin tracks his spunky heroine across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles... And when a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, he unleashes heady new emotions and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so hairbrained and daring that it might just succeed...
The tale of an outsider told from the inside.
