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My Day in Hollywood is a book that jots down what a gentleman does throughout his day in Hollywood. Which includes his thoughts, feelings and all of the events that take place throughout his day, good and bad. While subtly highlighting issues in our society. My Day in Hollywood is a ride through the past, present and the future. My Day in Hollywood is exactly when all three of them meet. My Day in Hollywood is also a book about self reflection and reality that forces the listener to ask tough questions.

Elliott is hired by the FBI to patrol the street on his block during a parade for a visiting congressman. Elliott gets more than he bargained for when someone takes a shot at the congressman from a third story window. But all is not as it seems in this game of cat and mouse.

In 11 captivating tales, Pure Hollywood & Other Stories brings us into private worlds of corrupt familial love, intimacy, longing, and danger. From an alcoholic widowed actress living in desert seclusion, to a young mother whose rejection of her child has terrible consequences, a newlywed couple who ignore the violent warnings of a painter burned by love, to an eerie portrait of erotic obsession, each story in Pure Hollywood is an imagistic snapshot of what it means to live and learn, love and hurt.

Personal trainer to the stars Sid Sherwood is passionate about helping people reach their goals. The aspirations of two quirky new clients, the fresh-faced starlet Jules Marlow and fallen star Clay Harmon, challenge Sid's disciplined approach. "If you make a living selling yourself in Hollywood", Sid confesses, "you've earned the right to be eccentric." As the story unfolds, the generation gap between new and old Hollywood converges to blur the lines of Sid's professional boundaries in amusing and surprising ways.