Covergirl
Confessions of a Flawed Hedonist
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Maura Moynihan's first novel, Covergirl, blends reality and fiction in a brilliant and exciting roman à clef that draws richly from the author's own adventures as a Warhol Girl and from her many years of working with Tibetan refugees in Asia.
Meet Veronica Ferris, the daughter of an imperious socialite and a kindly but absent diplomat. Fresh out of college, Veronica lands in Manhattan in pursuit of romance, disco, and rock 'n' roll—an arrival that threatens to usurp her mother's ambitious assault on New York high society. Maintaining her "double life" as a talented partygoer and a bearer of the esteemed Ferris family name is a high-wire act that requires far more cunning and restraint than young Veronica initially realizes. With its unforgettable heroine and wry, highly entertaining voice, Covergirl is at once a poignant coming-of-age tale, a delightful social satire, and a vibrant modern-day odyssey.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Modern Renaissance woman Moynihan's first novel (after story collection Yoga Hotel), confusingly labeled as "reality fiction," follows international party girl Veronica Ferris, who must decide whether she will "join the ranks of commoners and go nine to five, or remain on extended vacation." She burns out on her gossip column-worthy lifestyle-nightly clubs, dates with a rock star-and returns to Asia where she spent her "magical childhood" as a diplomat's daughter. She begins volunteering at an orphanage in Nepal, only to become disillusioned by the artificiality of American altruism in the third world. Eventually, karma rewards Veronica's good intentions and she ends up combining her two loves: partying and helping people, as director of the philanthropic trust of her father's estate, throwing parties for charity. Though Moynihan's novel is filled with exotic and incongruous settings-New York nightclubs and Buddhist temples, fashion photo shoots and Tibetan orphanages-the heroine's self-righteous streak spoils the story's potential charm.
