Brentwood - Jayne Amelia Larson discusses and signs "Driving the Saudis"

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Jayne Amelia Larson at Diesel Bookstore Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood welcomes author Jayne Amelia Larson to the store to discuss and sign her new book, Driving the Saudis, on Thursday, October 18th at 7pm.

In this engaging memoir, Jayne Amelia Larson, struggling Hollywood actress/producer, describes her experiences as a chauffeur for the women of the Saudi royal family.  Working as a professional limousine driver was the last thing Larson ever thought she would do. But with $40,000 in debts and no steady acting or producing jobs on the horizon, she had no choice. Just as she "hit rock bottom,” she was hired to drive the female members of the Saudi royal family and their entourage around Los Angeles. She ferried female royals to and from plastic surgery offices and exclusive Rodeo Drive stores and readily solved such urgent problems as procuring every color she could find of a $500 Chantilly bra for a princess eager to show off her "new boobs.” At the same time, she witnessed poignant glimpses into an adamantly traditional world that devalued women and restricted their freedom. While experiencing a life-changing "behind the veil" glimpse into Saudi culture, Larson ultimately discovers that we're all very much the same everywhere--the forces that corrupt us, make us desperate, and make us human, are surprisingly universal.

Jayne Amelia Larson is an actress and independent film producer based in Los Angeles, and an occasional chauffeur between gigs. She has degrees from Cornell University and from Harvard University’s American Repertory Theatre Institute. Her one-woman show, Driving the Saudis, has been performed in Memphis, Ithaca, Boston, Roanoke, and Vienna (Austria), and won Best Solo Show at the 2010 New York Fringe Festival. She is one of ten children and is an excellent driver.

Event date: 
Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 7:00pm
Event address: 
Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood
Brentwood Country Mart - 225 26th Street, Suite 33
90402 Brentwood
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