Marcel & Me: A Memoir of Love, Lust, and Illusion

A young divorc e, searching for creativity and her true nature, meets the world's greatest mime, Marcel Marceau, backstage after a performance. Attracted to each other, they write and speak on the phone. He invites her on a one-week blind date that develops into a thirty-six-year liaison of love, lust, and illusion. This book is about what happens when the mistress of fantasy meets the master of illusion. Written in the language of the heart, this story has depth of soul. It is funny, erotic, poignant, and filled with wisdom about life, fame, and relationship. It is about the profound longing for union and the ferocious need for independence, being simultaneously vulnerable and daring. Marcel is portrayed onstage and off, as a friend and lover. Frankl unmasks the genius and humanizes the man. Marcel & Me contains original art by both the author and Marceau, as well as photos, along with a richly evocative read that, in the end, is real.


About the Author
Paulette Frankl is the daughter of world-renowned Art Deco designer Paul T. Frankl, creator of Sky Scraper furniture. During her multi-faceted career, she has worked as a portrait artist, fine artist, a photojournalist and a courtroom sketch artist. Her courtroom art has appeared on CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox TV, and has taken her all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Frankl has also been a working magician in Las Vegas. Her first book Lust for Justice: The Radical Life and Law of J. Tony Serra, has been on Amazon's e-book bestseller list for over three years and counting. In Marcel & Me Paulette Frankl calls to the fore all of her life experiences as artist, storyteller, wordsmith, mime, magician, musician, farmer and sensualist to bring to life the transcendent power of Marcel Marceau. www.marcelandme.com