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Amistad
July 2010
On Sale: June 22, 2010
352 pages
ISBN: 0061957844
EAN: 9780061957840
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Fiction Women's Fiction
32 Candles is the slightly twisted, utterly romantic, and deftly wry story of Davie Jones, who, if she doesnโt stand in her own way, just might get the man of her dreams. Davieโan ugly duckling growing up in small-town Mississippiโis positive her life couldnโt be any worse. She has the meanest mother in the South, possibly the world, and on top of that, sheโs pretty sure sheโs ugly. Just when sheโs resigned herself to her fate, she sees a movie that will change her lifeโSixteen Candles. But in her case, life doesnโt imitate art. Tormented endlessly in school with the nickname "Monkey Night," and hopelessly in unrequited love with a handsome football player, James Farrell, Davie finds that it is bittersweet to dream of Molly Ringwald endings. When a cruel school prank goes too far, Davie leaves the life she knows and reinvents herself in the glittery world of Hollywoodโas a beautiful and successful lounge singer in a swanky nightclub. Davie is finally a million miles from where she startedโuntil she bumps into her former obsession, James Farrell. To Davieโs astonishment, James doesnโt recognize her, and she canโt bring herself to end the fantasy. She lets him fall as deeply in love with her as she once was with him. But is life ever that simple? Just as theyโre about to ride off into the sunset, the past comes back with a vengeance, threatening to crush Davieโs dreamsโand break her heart again. With wholly original characters and a cinematic storyline, 32 Candles introduces Ernessa T. Carter, a new voice in fiction with smarts, attitude, and sassiness to spare.
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