I Ought to be in Pictures

"In I Ought to Be in Pictures Neil Simon combines sensitivity and wit as he turns his attention to the nuances of love and the problems of loving. This is the story of a tough, high-spirited adolescent, Libby Tucker, who ventures cross-country from New York to L.A. supposedly "to be in pictures." Her actual motive, however, is to connect with her playwright father, Herb Tucker, who left home when she was a baby. Herb, whom Libby has idolized from afar, turns out to be a not very successful writer with a perpetual writer's block, who even has trouble communicating with his lover, Steffy. Libby's arrival forces all three characters to come to terms with their emotional lives, a struggle that is as humorous as it is poignant."--The publisher.