Get Some Love

August 1, 2003
Foxx writes a female adaptation of "Brewster's Millions "[George Barr McCutcheon (2003)], about an elder leaving seemingly insane instructions to the family heir. When Angelica Chappee's grandfather's will is read, she is shocked by the uncharacteristically immoral instructions he left for her to receive the family fortune. She is also impressed that her grandfather had acquired such wealth. In addition to the one funeral home that she knew about, he owned two more, plus a host of other investments. Her grandfather challenged her to accomplish in six days what she has avoided for 20 years. After those six days, she is instructed to return to the executor and prove that she succeeded at carrying out her grandfather's wishes. Her encounters run the gamut from\plain\f2\fs24\b \plain\f2\fs24 ridiculous situations to hilarious predicaments until her time runs out, and she must report in. What makes her adventure even more complicated is that some of the people around her have their own agendas. When she returns to hear the rest of the will, she discovers the real meaning of her grandfather's instructions. (Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2003, American Library Association.)