You may find this new novel of interest: Marina Palmer takes us inside her world and the world of the tango, bringing it alive and evidencing how following your passion and not being afraid to take risks in your personal and professional lives can lead to happiness." - Mireille Guiliano, New York Times bestselling author of French Women Don't Get Fat
What's your secret passion? Painting? Scuba diving? Cooking? Traveling? What if you threw caution to the wind and gave up your nine-to-five job (and your Monday morning blues) to pursue it? Marina Palmer, a successful advertising executive in New York, did just that. Approaching the anxiety laden age of thirty, Marina had no real passion in her life-in either the boardroom or the bedroom. Until, she took a whimsical winter vacation to Buenos Aires, and fell in love...with the tango. KISS & TANGO (William Morrow/An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, On-sale July 5, 2005) is the true-life story of how Marina traded in her pumps for tango shoes. Fueled by tango addiction, the hope of romancing a sultry porteno and a one-way ticket to Buenos Aires, Palmer arrived in Argentina to pursue a place on the professional tango circuit. Filled with Marina's exhilarating misadventures both on and off the dance floor, KISS & TANGO is full of adventure, romance, heartbreak, and steamy sex. Since its revival in Scent of a Woman and the celebrated independent film Shall We Dance, tango fever has swept the world. The international smash hit "Forever Tango" is back on Broadway, and milongas (tango clubs) and tango associations have sprung up around the world-from New York, to Paris, to Berlin. Marina was there at the start of the trend and can explain the fervor of the milongueras (tango enthusiasts) behind the craze. KISS & TANGO also offers quintessential armchair traveling to one of the hottest spots on the globe-Buenos Aires. While Argentina is still recovering from its economic crash of 2001, the sharp drop in the value of the peso has lead tourists to flock to "the Paris of South America," to sample its tango, sophisticated restaurants, museums and fabulous shopping. Marina's first-hand account illustrates why this far-flung locale is so hot, hot, hot. In addition, in a guiltily delicious tell-all style, KISS & TANGO addresses the problem of many thirty-something women today-the not-always-fruitful search for love. A real-life version of the heroines of Sex & the City, Marina is a proactive woman who sets out to make things happen. Instead of envying her married friends or waiting for "happiness" to find her, she sets out to discover instead what happiness-for her-actually means. A whirlwind of tango, travel, and tumultuous nights, KISS & TANGO is an empowering story of a woman who wasn't happy to settle for a desk job and lonely nights, and instead decided to dance.
