Synopsis
Gilmore Girls meets Postcards from the Edge crossed with L.A. Candy!
Sixteen-year-old Annabelle Jacobs never asked to be famous, but as the daughter of Janie Jacobs, one of the biggest TV stars in the world, she is. Growing up is hard enough. Having to do it in public because your mother is a famous actress? Even harder. When your mom crashes and burns after her DUI mug shot is splashed across the internet? Definitely not fun. Then your mom falls for a guy so much younger than she that it would be more appropriate for you to be dating him? That’s just a train wreck waiting to happen.
From Robin Palmer, author of Geek Charming and Wicked Jealous, this is a novel about the most complicated relationship a girl ever has: that with her mother.
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About the Author
After growing up in Massachusetts and New Jersey, Robin Palmer graduated from Boston University in 1990 and moved to Hollywood where she worked in television for ten years before regaining her sanity and quitting her job to write. In addition to her modern retellings of fairy tales (the second of which--Geek Charming--was recently made into a movie for Disney Channel) she is also the author of the middle grade series Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker as well as various screenplays, television pilots, and misplaced To Do lists. After a lifetime of living on the left and right coasts, she now lives in Louisiana.
Reviews
Gr 9 Up-Sixteen-year-old Annabelle Jackson must deal with the fallout of her actress mother's self-imposed exile from the Hollywood spotlight. Once famous for her role in a popular sitcom, Janie Jackson is now better known for appearing in the gossip blogs due to her outlandish behavior. Annabelle, who has her own quirky habits and suffers from panic attacks, struggles to hide her mother's increasingly dangerous addictions, but can no longer keep the paparazzi at bay when her mom is arrested for drunk driving on the Pacific Coast Highway. After Janie gets out of rehab, mother and daughter learn that their financial advisor has not only killed himself, but he's also robbed them of their estate. Forced to sell their belongings and move to a small apartment, Annabelle is sure her mother will relapse. However, a chance encounter with a famous action star leads to an audition for a movie that could turn Janie's career around. Suddenly Annabelle is faced with a new town, a responsible parent, and the potential for a romantic love interest. The fairy-tale ending is satisfying, but the dialogue and Annabelle's internal monologues are stilted. Some plot elements feel contrived, and characters struggle to be more than stereotypes. Readers will likely forgive these flaws in favor of a plot-driven story that deals not only with the codependent behavior of a girl with an alcoholic parent, but also the common fears and insecurities of a teenager.-Lynn Rashid, Marriotts Ridge High School, Marriottsville, MDα(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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