Taylor Jenkins Reid
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"Set against the backdrop of the Malibu surf culture of the 1980s this novel follows the daughter of a famous singer who, once she finds fame, must grapple with the fact that her father abandoned her and her siblings when they were young"--
August 1983. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their baby sister, Kit....
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"Hannah Martin's life isn't shaping up into much of anything. Since graduating college eight years ago, she has lived in six different cities and held countless meaningless jobs ... She takes up residence in her best friend Gabby's guest room. Along with Gabby and Gabby's husband Mark, [she goes] out to a bar where they meet up with some of [their] old friends, including Hannah's high school boyfriend, Ethan. Shortly after midnight, Gabby asks Hannah...
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"From the author of Forever, Interrupted--hailed by Sarah Jio as "moving, gorgeous, and at times heart-wrenching"--comes a breathtaking new novel about modern marriage, the depth of family ties, and the year that one remarkable heroine spends exploring both. When Lauren and Ryan's marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year...
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"Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go-Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Another band getting noticed is The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne....
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"'Have you ever heard of supernovas? They shine brighter than anything else in the sky and then fade out really quickly, a short burst of extraordinary energy. I like to think you and Ben were like that . . . in that short time, you had more passion than some people have in a lifetime.' Elsie Porter is an average twentysomething and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year's Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one....
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2022
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Portuguese
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Bestseller do New York Times.
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Um dia para reviver a história de uma família. A noite que mudará tudo para sempre.
Malibu, 1983. Chegou o dia da festa de final de verão organizada todos os anos por Nina Riva, e não há ninguém que não queira estar presente e conhecer pessoalmente os famosos irmãos Riva: a supermodelo Nina, o surfista Jay, o fotógrafo Hud e a promissora Kit. Filhos do lendário cantor Mick Riva,...
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Pub. Date
2021
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Portuguese
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Da mesma autora de Os Sete Maridos de Evelyn Hugo
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Toda a gente conhece os icónicos Daisy Jones & The Six, mas nunca ninguém soube o que levou à sua separação no auge da popularidade... Até agora.
Durante a adolescência, no final da década de 1960, Daisy Jones descobre a noite de Los Angeles: os bares, as estrelas de rock, o sexo e as drogas. Mas o que ela quer realmente é escrever as suas próprias canções....
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Pub. Date
2021
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Entusiasmante, comovente e recheado do glamour da Velha Hollywood.
Romance multipremiado e aclamado que não vai deixar ninguém indiferente.
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Evelyn Hugo, uma das maiores estrelas de Hollywood, agora a aproximar-se dos 80 anos, decide finalmente contar tudo sobre a sua vida recheada de glamour e de uma boa dose de escândalos. Quando escolhe a desconhecida...