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The Lyric Hotel
Six months after the loss of her husband, Jeanette moves to the last place she felt truly alive: the Lyric Hotel-where she spent a night with a musician. A night that changed the course of her life.
A successful director of commercials, Jeanette doesn't tell her rep. She doesn't tell her oldest friend. Not even her mother. She vanishes from the world she knew and takes up residence in a hotel that caters to musicians on the road. At the hotel, Jeanette can be the architect of her evolving self: a woman unfettered by preexisting conditions of who she was-or wasn't.
Jeanette's quest to lose herself is funny and heartbreaking as she encounters an assortment of complicated men. But there is one constant: longing; like the longing of a Brandi Carlyle song or the moan of an electric guitar through the wall of her junior suite.
Inspired by Susan Sisko Carter's real-life adventures, The Lyric Hotel is an escape from a harsh world to a world where a Privacy-Please sign keeps out the past so the present might flourish.
A successful director of commercials, Jeanette doesn't tell her rep. She doesn't tell her oldest friend. Not even her mother. She vanishes from the world she knew and takes up residence in a hotel that caters to musicians on the road. At the hotel, Jeanette can be the architect of her evolving self: a woman unfettered by preexisting conditions of who she was-or wasn't.
Jeanette's quest to lose herself is funny and heartbreaking as she encounters an assortment of complicated men. But there is one constant: longing; like the longing of a Brandi Carlyle song or the moan of an electric guitar through the wall of her junior suite.
Inspired by Susan Sisko Carter's real-life adventures, The Lyric Hotel is an escape from a harsh world to a world where a Privacy-Please sign keeps out the past so the present might flourish.
- GenresFiction
298 pages, Paperback
Published July 16, 2024
About the author
Susan Sisko Carter
1 book16 followersSusan Sisko Carter has written for some of the major producers in television and her teleplays have been included on the Writers Guild of America’s list of 101 best written TV series. She has published essays in Shondaland, LA Weekly and HuffPost.
Susan is an internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter. Her recordings include albums for Verve and Epic. She has recently completed a new composition, "Sipping Wine in Paris," as a companion piece to her debut novel: The Lyric Hotel. Susan lives in Los Angeles - but spends as much time as possible in Paris.
Susan is an internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter. Her recordings include albums for Verve and Epic. She has recently completed a new composition, "Sipping Wine in Paris," as a companion piece to her debut novel: The Lyric Hotel. Susan lives in Los Angeles - but spends as much time as possible in Paris.
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August 19, 2024
This book is truly beautiful. A simple story but filled with beautiful metaphors about the trials of life that we may never expect, but invariably we will encounter. Bravo Susan, Bravo!
I loved the line about anxiety and intrusive thoughts “Just because someone knocks on your door, that doesn’t mean you have to open it”
I loved the line about anxiety and intrusive thoughts “Just because someone knocks on your door, that doesn’t mean you have to open it”
October 4, 2024
This was just not a book that hooked me in or kept me interested unfortunately. It might be good for others just not myself.
March 23, 2025
Couldn’t get into this one. It felt disjointed and forced. DNF
August 10, 2024
The Lyric Hotel
This unique novel captivated me with both its sense of humor and wit. The story captures the universal emotions of longing for love, desire and passion. It is both sensual and soulful and I would recommend this book to anyone who appreciates and values the written word.
This unique novel captivated me with both its sense of humor and wit. The story captures the universal emotions of longing for love, desire and passion. It is both sensual and soulful and I would recommend this book to anyone who appreciates and values the written word.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews