Sit, Cinderella, Sit: A Mostly True Memoir

By: Lisa Cheek

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Synopsis: A debut memoir and (sort of) Cinderella story about a woman who&’d been told she was &“too old&” to create magic who flew to rural China, edited a film without speaking a word of Mandarin, and discovered her own power. Lisa Cheek loved editing TV commercials—almost as much as she loved her dog, Ron Howard. Then, she &“aged out&” of advertising, at 45. After being let go, Lisa got a call—at 2:45 AM—from a director who, like everyone in Hollywood, had a film he wanted to make: the original Cinderella story. Now, his dream could come true—if Lisa granted his wish. In Sit, Cinderella, Sit, Lisa Cheek shares her adventures in editing a film made on location in China—along the Tibetan border—where Mandarin was the only language spoken by everyone but her. Stuck in a house with fourteen men she couldn&’t understand, literally, she yearned for conversation and coffee. But there were moments of wonder and laughter. Lisa forged a bond with her translator and a woman named Sunny. She rescued one dog, and then another. &“Everyone speaks Cinderella,&” the director had assured her. Maybe he was right. Told with humor and heart through a fairy tale lens, with flashbacks into the author&’s not-always-happy childhood, Sit, Cinderella, Sit is a story about what can happen when you take a leap of faith, look and hear beyond people&’s differences, and dare to believe in yourself.