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- Publisher: Atria Books
- Number of Pages: 256
- ISBN: 141658594X
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112260463
- Release Date: May 12, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #476372 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #53367 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #1183 in Fantasy - Contemporary (See Top 100 Fantasy - Contemporary Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Kiss the Sky" by Farai Chideya to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Kiss the Sky"Browse more products related to "Farai Chideya"Review"Full of passionate descriptions of performing, drinking, and sexual encounters, this debut is...[an] engaging shout-out to the rock-and-roll life." Publisher's noteFrom political commentator, book author, and multimedia personality Farai Chideya comes an intense and darkly funny debut novel about a woman who learns what you stand to gain -- and lose -- if you follow your dreams of fame. Sophie Maria Clare Lee doesn't have the resume of a rock star. She grew up a book-smart black girl in blue-collar Baltimore, then remade herself at Harvard into a hipster with an appetite for self-destructive men. One of them is the mesmerizing Ari Klein, a charismatic and handsome black-biracial trust-fund baby. Ari is her Harvard classmate, the man she toured America with as part of an indie rock band right after college, and -- by the time we meet Sophie at the start of the novel -- her ex-husband. Ten years after graduation, Sophie has made a career as a music television host in Manhattan. But she's grown restless of interviewing pop culture icons and wannabes enjoying their fifteen minutes of fame. Spurred into a one-night musical reunion with Ari in order to help a friend, Sophie decides it's time to stop playing the good girl and snatch back the mic. She wants to be the next "It girl" in the music media circuit. Sophie has the talent and drive to take her game to the next level despite the odds. She lands a record deal -- with the help of a new manager and paramour, Leo Masters -- but quickly discovers that her celebrity status brings new risks for her sense of self and even her safety. As she and Ari begin to play music together again, Sophie, Leo, and Ari also enter a complicated love triangle. It puts her in personal jeopardy just as she's beginning to achieve commercial success. With a Greek chorus of advice from her two best girlfriends from Harvard, Sophie tries to figure out how she relates to these two men, the music business, her loving but demanding extended family, and her penchant for alcohol and melancholy. As the band tours America, Europe, and Africa, will Sophie's faith, family, and friendships crumble under the weight of her dogged fight for fame? Leaving her job as a Manhattan television host in order to return to her previous career as an indie music performer, Sophie struggles with conflicting perceptions of identity and finds herself torn between her feelings for her ex-husband and her new manager. AnnotationA gritty, tumultuous ode to the rock-and-roll life, KISS THE SKY follows Sophie "Sky" Lee through her rock misadventures, first with a band doomed by her husband's heroin addiction, and later on a troubled tour through her own home in the dirty South. If You Enjoy "Kiss the Sky (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Kiss the Sky (Hardcover)" by Farai Chideya (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Fantasy - Contemporary Bestsellers
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