Little Beauties
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0743271831
ISBN-13
9780743271837
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Imprint
Simon & Schuster
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 10th, 2006
Print length
268 Pages
Weight
368 grams
Dimensions
21.70 x 14.40 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
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The lives of three characters -- an obsessive-compulsive, a pregnant teenager, and the teen''s unborn child -- come together in National Book Award finalist and Pushcart Prize winner Kim Addonizio''s unsparingly funny and transcendent debut novel.
Diana McBride, a thirty-four-year-old former child pageant contender, now works in a baby store in Long Beach. Between dealing with a catastrophic haircut, the failure of her marriage, and phone calls from her alcoholic mother, Diana has gone off her OCD medication and is trying to cope via washing and cleaning rituals. When pregnant teenager Jamie Ramirez enters the store, Diana''s already chaotic world is sent spinning.
Jamie can''t stand being pregnant. She can''t wait to get on with her normal life and give the baby up for adoption. But her yet-to-be-born daughter, Stella, has a fierce will and a destiny to fulfill. And as the magical plot of Little Beauties unfolds, these three characters'' lives become linked in ever more surprising ways.
With a poet''s ear for fresh, evocative language and a deft humor that exposes her characters'' foibles, Addonizio perfectly captures the messiness and unexpected beauty of life.
Diana McBride, a thirty-four-year-old former child pageant contender, now works in a baby store in Long Beach. Between dealing with a catastrophic haircut, the failure of her marriage, and phone calls from her alcoholic mother, Diana has gone off her OCD medication and is trying to cope via washing and cleaning rituals. When pregnant teenager Jamie Ramirez enters the store, Diana''s already chaotic world is sent spinning.
Jamie can''t stand being pregnant. She can''t wait to get on with her normal life and give the baby up for adoption. But her yet-to-be-born daughter, Stella, has a fierce will and a destiny to fulfill. And as the magical plot of Little Beauties unfolds, these three characters'' lives become linked in ever more surprising ways.
With a poet''s ear for fresh, evocative language and a deft humor that exposes her characters'' foibles, Addonizio perfectly captures the messiness and unexpected beauty of life.
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