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Hyperion
April 2007
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Featuring: Jirina
336 pages
ISBN: 1401303269
EAN: 9781401303266
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An incisive, beautifully written first novel by a former
supermodel that explores the glamorous and gritty world she
inhabited Only
a handful of women in the world have experienced what
Paulina Porizkova
has -- being whisked away to model in Paris while still a
teenager,
reaching the pinnacle of the profession before her
schoolmates had even
graduated -- and fewer still have the insight to capture it
on paper. In
her first novel, Paulina tells the story of Jirina. A tall,
scrawny
fifteen-year-old girl from Sweden, she’s much more
accustomed to taunts
and disdain than admiration and affection, whether from her
classmates
or her own family. That all changes when her only friend,
Hatty, asks
to practice her makeup and photography skills on Jirina.
Almost before
she knows it Jirina is on a plane to Paris, where she will
spend the
summer in a milieu entirely alien to her. Living at the home
of her
modeling agency’s owner and constantly subjected to blunt
physical
assessments, catty and often cruel fellow models, and womanizing
photographers -- and, miraculously enough, while sometimes
feeling
truly beautiful -- Jirina embarks on a journey beyond her
wildest
imaginings. Between photo shoots in Italy and Morocco and
parties with
models and musicians, Jirina manages to make a few friends,
fall in
love, and, eventually, feel the very adult pain of betrayal and
heartbreak. Told with the grace, simplicity, and
accuracy that can only come from real-life experience, A
Model Summer
is both the debut of a notably talented novelist and an
unusually
well-informed look behind the scenes at a world many people
fantasize
about, but few really know.
Interviews for A Model Summer
Meet Paulina Porizkova -- model, celebrity and author! A Model Summer May 16, 2007
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