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William Morrow
July 2016
On Sale: June 28, 2016
Featuring: Vivian; Lee
288 pages
ISBN: 0062435582
EAN: 9780062435583
Kindle: B015CYFG8E
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Contemporary | Women's Fiction
A witty and winning new voice comes alive in this infectious
road trip adventure with a rock-and-roll twist. Shapiro’s
debut blends the emotional nuance of Elena Ferrante with the
potent nostalgia of High Fidelity, in a story of
two women—one rich and alluring, the other just another
planet in her dazzling orbit—and their fervid and troubled
friendship. From the distance of a few yards, there might be nothing
distinctive about Lee Parrish, nothing you could put your
finger on, and yet, if she were to walk into a room, you
would notice her. And if you were with her, I’d always
thought, you could walk into any room. For quiet, cautious and restless college freshman Vivian
Feld real life begins the day she moves in with the
enigmatic Lee Parrish—daughter of died-too-young troubadour
Jesse Parrish and model-turned-fashion designer Linda
West—and her audiophile roommate Andy Elliott. When a one-night stand fractures Lee and Andy’s intimate
rapport, Lee turns to Viv, inviting her into her glamorous
fly-by-night world: an intoxicating mix of Hollywood
directors, ambitious artists, and first-class everything. It
is the beginning of a friendship that will inexorably shape
both women as they embark on the rocky road to adulthood. More than a decade later, Viv is married to Andy and hasn’t
heard from Lee in three years. Suddenly, Lee reappears,
begging for a favor: she wants Viv to help her find the lost
album Jesse was recording before his death. Holding on to a
life-altering secret and ambivalent about her path, Viv
allows herself to be pulled into Lee’s world once again.
But the chance to rekindle the magic and mystery of their
youth might come with a painful lesson: While the sun
dazzles us with its warmth and brilliance, it may also blind
us from seeing what we really need. What begins as a familiar story of two girls falling under
each other’s spell evolves into an evocative, and at times
irrepressibly funny, study of female friendship in all its
glorious intensity and heartbreaking complexity.
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