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Linda’s story begins in London. When her beloved Jack gets locked up in a mental hospital after trying to sail down the Thames in a makeshift raft, Linda doesn’t take the hint. Instead, she marries him and moves to San Francisco, where she plans to Get Ahead.

Alas, her blue-skied visions didn’t include unemployment, oddball roommates, arguments, or Jack's desperate attempt to sleep with as many women as he can get his hands on. As her romance sours, our heroine pours her bile into song, assembles a cabaret band, and takes to the dark, sticky stages of the city's nightclubs. There, amid a morass of strippers, magicians, artists and assorted weirdoes, she strives for the ultimate musical accolade: Ms Accordion San Francisco 2004. ]]> 375827 3.45 33 19 2008 5 0 false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 08:14:50 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 08:16:29 -0800 2009 more...]]>