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FINALIST FOR THE 2018 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD
"Both timelessly beautiful and unbelievably timely."—Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant
A captivating novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality show, and the secret pregnancy that threatens to blow their...
"Both timelessly beautiful and unbelievably timely."—Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant
A captivating novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality show, and the secret pregnancy that threatens to blow their...
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Arriving in Hollywood to become an actress, Anna May Wong discovers her beauty and talent aren't enough to overcome the racism that relegates her to supporting roles and, over the years, fights to win lead roles, accept risqué parts, and keep her illicit love affairs hidden-even as she finds global stardom.
5) Starboard
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Dragged on a class trip to visit the SS Great Britain, reality TV star Kirsten Bramble takes the helm when the ancient ship wants Kirsten to be her new captain so she can finish her final quest.
6) Model crime
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c2009
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Nancy's friend Sydney, a model, is getting married to a reality-show star, but someone is trying to ruin the wedding and Nancy must uncover the culprit.
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2023.
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Nineteen-year old Winter Young, the world's hottest superstar, is recruited by a covert organization to take down a criminal tycoon and finds himself paired with Sydney Cossette, a fierce and unpredictable secret agent, but suspicions soon turn to sparks as the two are drawn into a tangled web of secrets and deception.
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Lillian's rise to fame and fortune spans seventy years and is inextricably linked to the course of American history itself, from Prohibition to the disco days of Studio 54. Yet Lillian Dunkle is nothing like the whimsical motherly persona she crafts for herself in the media. Conniving, profane, and irreverent, she is a supremely complex woman who prefers a good stiff drink to an ice cream cone. And when her past begins to catch up with her, everything...
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The Baxter sisters come from a long line of women with disastrous luck in love. But this summer, Sunshine and Margot will turn disasters into destiny... As an etiquette coach, Margot teaches her clients to fit in. But she's never faced a client like Bianca, an aging movie star who gained fame -- and notoriety -- through a campaign of shock and awe. Schooling Bianca on the fine art of behaving like a proper diplomat's wife requires intensive lessons,...
16) Model suspect
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2009
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Bess and George's cousin Sydney is safely married, but when she and her new husband Vic receive threatening messages while on their honeymoon, Nancy and her friends travel to the tiny island of Cayo de Oro to investigate.
17) Stalk, don't run
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Nancy and her friends are astonished when the Casabian sisters announce that they will be filming their reality show in River Heights, a production that catapults the town into a maelstrom of midnight calls and threats by a menacing stalker.
18) Spin
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"Kate, an undercover newbie gossip reporter, follows a celebrity into rehab to dish all the dirt--but things are always more complicated than they seem in the first charming novel by Catherine McKenzie"--
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"From the creator of @Deuxmoi, the popular--and infamous--celebrity gossip Instagram, comes a fun and charming debut novel about a stylist assistant whose drunken decision to turn her Instagram into a celeb gossip account turns her life completely upside down"--
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