(NAPSA)—If you happen to spot someone chuckling in the self-help section of your bookstore, the reason may be a book that takes a delightfully loopy new look at the advice game. The book, Miss Moviehearts: GUniverse, $13.95), by Sanford Levine, offers the ingenious premise that most problemsin life can be solved by a scene from a movie. It can also be enjoyed by anyone who has ever referred to a movie to make a point. | Miss Moviehearts: | | Advice FromHe The From the opening pages, where the author tells the woman on the movie line behind him that her husband is slowly trying to poison her and then buysa ticket for Notorious, readers will realize they are AN EASY AND UPROARIOUS WAY TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS Sanford Levine in the handsof a kindredspirit. According to Levine, whatever the problem—money, marriage, love, work, parenting, etiquette, growing old or anything else— Miss Moviehearts can help. On marriage: Dear Miss Moviehearts, My husband is more passionate about his car than me. What can I do? —Neglected. Dear Neglected Comeback as his car. If Perry King could come back as Ellen Barkin in Switch and Patrick Swayze could comeback as a ghost in Ghost, then you can certainly come back as a 1965 Porsche. On etiquette: Dear Miss Moviehearts, Is it proper to serve cocktails from paper cups? —Miss Manners Fan Dear Miss MannersFan, In this matter the movies are surprisingly nonjudgmental. In Bambi, animals drink from flower petals; in The Student Prince, stu- A book to be enjoyed by any- one who has ever made a movie reference to makea point. dent princes drink from covered beer steins; in Sahara, Humphrey Bogart drinks from a tin cup; and in Apollo 13, Tom Hanks drinks from a plastic tube. On everythingelse: Dear Miss Moviehearts, Whop Bop, a loo mop, a whop, bam boom? —John Travolta Fan Dear John Travolta Fan, Ramma lamma kuh-ding, kuh dong. Sha waddah, chang chang, chang chang shabop...according to Grease. Praise for Levine’s previous book, The 247 Best Movie Scenes In Film History include: “Highly Recommended,” Classic Images, and “It’s a hoot.” Sunday Express. Miss Moviehearts: is also available at iuniverse.com, amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
