Normal Girl: A Novel - Rilegato

Jong-Fast, Molly

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ISBN 10: 0375502815 ISBN 13: 9780375502811

Casa editrice: Villard Books, 2000

Riassunto

At just nineteen, Miranda Woke seems to have it all. Her parents are famous socialites, she's already been written up on Page Six sixteen times, she's on all the right invitation lists, and drugs and alcohol are never in short supply. But while her image screams "It girl," she'd rather be a normal girl, and the A-list feels even more uncomfortable than her Manolo Blahnik shoes. In fact, she's become the "living embodiment of an awkward phase" with "more issues than Harper's Bazaar." Neither Xanax nor Deepak Chopra tapes help. And now that her junkie party has trashed her parents' house, she has to liquidate her trust fund to pay Mom's decorator for a quick fix. But worst of all, Miranda thinks she just murdered her own boyfriend.
In an all-too-glamorous world where the cell phone is always ringing, Miranda sees no escape other than a downward spiral of cocaine, Valium, and heroin. It takes friends who offer more than air kisses to force Miranda to look in the mirror and get some help.

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Recensione:

"Normal Girl is a searing, bitchy, funny novel about priviledge in wretched excess and the accidental nature of grace — a fin de siecle East Coast Less Than Zero from the female point of view. Molly Jong-Fast is a prodigy. Parents everywhere should be horrified by this deeply impressive debut."
—Jay McInerney

"So much talent, so young a writer! Hard-edged, savage, funny, brilliant."
—Fay Weldon

"If you want to know what goes on in the minds of New York's young, rich, and famous, read Molly Jong-Fast's hilarious novel, Normal Girl."
—Susan Cheever

L'autore:

Molly Jong-Fast is the twenty-one-year-old daughter of Erica Jong and Jonathan Fast. Her essays and articles have appeared in Mademoiselle, Marie-Claire, The Forward, and Mode. She lives in New York City with her cocker spaniel, Godzuki.

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• Editore: Villard Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0375502815
• ISBN 13: 9780375502811
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 195