ADENA HALPERN wrote a popular series of essays titled 'The Haute Life' for the back page of Marie Claire magazine, which reached 3.1 million US readers monthly. She is a contributing writer for Daily Variety and has written for The New York Times. Adena earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing from New York University and a master of fine arts degree in screenwriting from the American Film Institute. Her memoir Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown: Notes from a Single Girl's Closet, was published by Penguin US in May 2007. Adena has been called 'the real-life Carrie Bradshaw'. Previous Books: Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown: Notes from a Single Girl's Closet.
The hereafter is happier than ever in Halpern's debut novel. After Alex Dorenfield and her dog, Peaches, get smashed by a car, they wind up in heaven, where bubbly 29-year-old Alex is floored by how hip the digs are-especially Seventh Heaven, where Alex's dreams (of, for instance, designer clothes, an awesome house and eating without gaining weight) come true. The icing on the cake is her reunion with a few deceased family members and meeting a dreamy prospective soul mate. Only problem? She must pass an entrance exam to stay in Seventh Heaven and not be demoted to the fourth level, where she would have to live in a condo, wear last year's clothes and lose Peaches (all dogs stay in Seventh Heaven). So Alex gets to work on an essay to prove she led a worthwhile and fulfilling life. This simple little story is syrupy sweet throughout; readers into the heavenly have another bonbon to savor. (May) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
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