num_pages: 369
description: In the male-dominated field of animation Mel Vaught and Sharon Kisses are a dynamic duo the friction of their differences driving them: Sharon quietly ambitious but self-doubting; Mel brash and unapologetic always the life of the party. Best friends and artistic partners since the first week of college where they bonded over their working-class roots and obvious talent they spent their twenties ensconced in a gritty Brooklyn studio. Working drinking laughing. Drawing: Mel to understand her tumultuous past and Sharon to lose herself altogether.Now after a decade of striving the two are finally celebrating the release of their first full-length feature which transforms Mels difficult childhood into a provocative and visually daring work of art. The toast of the indie film scene they stand at the cusp of making it big. But with their success come doubt and destruction cracks in their relationship threatening the delicate balance of their partnership. Sharon begins to feel expendable suspecting that the ever-more raucous Mel is the real artist. During a trip to Sharons home state of Kentucky the only other partner she has ever truly knownher troubled charismatic childhood best friend Teddyreenters her life and long-buried resentments rise to the surface hastening a reckoning no one sees coming.
language: English
title: The Animators
publisher: Random House