Such a Pretty Girl
New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First Kensington trade paperback edition.
Description: 289 pages ; 21 cm
"Living peacefully in Vermont, Ryan Flannigan is shocked when a text from her oldest friend alerts her to a devastating news item. A controversial photo of her as a pre-teen has been found in the possession of a wealthy investor recently revealed as a pedophile and a sex trafficker--with an inscription to him from Ryan's mother on the back. Memories crowd in, providing their own distinctive pictures of her mother Fiona, an aspiring actress, and their move to the West Village in 1976. Amid the city's gritty kaleidoscope of wealth and poverty, high art, and sleazy strip clubs, Ryan is discovered and thrust into the spotlight as a promising young actress with a woman's face and a child's body. Suddenly, the safety and comfort Ryan longs for is replaced by auditions, paparazzi, and the hungry eyes of men of all ages. Forced to reexamine her childhood, Ryan begins to untangle her young fears and her mother's ambitions, and the role each played in the fraught blackout summer of 1977"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Actresses -- Fiction.
West Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Actresses -- Fiction.
West Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781496739322
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Greenwood | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
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Includes reading group guide.