Tan Lines
A Novel of Sex and Sunburn
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- 3,99 €
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- 3,99 €
Publisher Description
J. J. Salem's Tan Lines – a Valley of the Dolls for the 21st century – portrays three ambitious heroines' passions, triumphs and heartbreaks with a sly intelligence and a wickedly sharp prose that will be loved by fans of Jackie Collins, Jacqueline Susann and a whole new generation of readers.
Liza, Kellyanne and Billie are chasing their dreams in the demimondes of media politics, reality television and rock music. Their journey unfolds thrill by thrill, shock by shock in an unputdownable story about the illusions of glamour, the dark side of success, the elusiveness of love and the fragility of relationships.
Three incidents will change their lives forever: a career free fall, a surprise pregnancy and a brutal murder. And it all happens during one unforgettable season at a summer share in the Hamptons . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A Jacqueline Susann "style thriller by way of Candace Bushnell, Salem's scorching debut follows three young women on a wild Hamptons summer of reinventing themselves. Unhappy with fireman hubby Justin (whom she married in the aftermath of 9/11), fashionista feminist and political media pundit Liza Pike, 29, is harvesting her eggs for future momhood and considering divorce. Former actress Kellyanne Downey is the depressed mistress of wealthy, possessive businessman Walter Isherwood, while indie rock chick Billie Shelton finds herself on a downhill slide: I can't. I'm all fucked out. Reschedule. A prologue foretells that a grisly murder, a premature birth, and a public meltdown, will be the eventual fate for the three at the posh Hampton summer rental they're sharing, and Salem doesn't disappoint. Her poolside read throbs with intensity, spiked with erotic detail ( eight thousand nerve endings in the clitoris, and this son of a bitch couldn't find any of them ) and disturbing aftershocks.
