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Sales Rank: 22926
Category: Book
Author: Theresa Rebeck
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
Studio: Shaye Areheart Books
Manufacturer: Shaye Areheart Books
Label: Shaye Areheart Books
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 030739414X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780307394149
ASIN: 030739414X
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
Release Date: April 8, 2008
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Now that it’s all over, everybody is saying it was the picture–that stupid picture was behind every disaster. . . .
They may be the granddaughters of a famous literary critic, but what really starts it all is Daria, Polly, and Amelia Heller’s stunning red hair. Out of the blue one day, The New Yorker calls and says that they want to feature the girls in a glamorous spread shot by a world-famous photographer, and before long these three beautiful nobodies from Brooklyn have been proclaimed the new “It” girls.
But with no parental guidance–Mom’s a former beauty queen living vicariously through her daughters, and Dad is nowhere to be found–the three girls find themselves easy prey for the sharks and piranhas of show business. Posing in every hot fashion magazine, tangling with snarling fashonistas and soulless agents, skipping school and hitting A-list parties, the sisters are caught up in a whirlwind rise to fame that quickly spirals out of control.
When Amelia, the youngest of the three–who never really wanted to be a model in the first place–appears in an Off-Broadway play, the balance of power shifts, all the pent-up resentment and pressure comes to a head, and the girls’ quiet, neglected brother reaches a critical point of virtual breakdown. And against the odds, even as the struggle for fame threatens to tear the family apart, the Hellers begin to see that despite the jealousy, greed, and uncertainty that have come to define their relationships, in the celebrity world of viciousness and betrayal, all they really have is one another.
Narrated in four parts, from the perspective of each sibling, Three Girls and Their Brother is a sharp, perceptive, and brilliantly written debut novel from an acclaimed playwright.
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 Dull and uninspired July 2, 2008
I really struggled to finish this novel. It wasn't terrible, but it was quite slow and not terribly interesting, funny or noteworthy. The characters were generally unbelievable and unlikeable, and I didn't really care what happened to them. I also found the premise pretty hard to believe - red hair makes 3 girls the most famous people in the country? I agree with the other reviewer who said the 4 voices were all the same. What's the point of a novel in 4 voices unless they have something different to say? Even Daria, who was shallow and vacuous throughout the book and basically outcast from her sisters and brother, suddenly sounded just the same as the rest of them when it came time for "her" chapter. Parts of the book were slightly entertaining, but mostly I just wanted to get it finished.
 entertaining fluff June 27, 2008
I loved this book. It's totally lightweight fluff, yet there's enough fsmily dynamics in it to hold your interest. It reminded me of J.D. Salinger and also of early Jay McInerney.Bright Lights, Big City. I don't think you choose a book like this looking for deep psychological insights. It's just fun to see what's behind the glamorous photo spreads in the glossy magazines, and it does give a good idea of the mechanics and manipulations of the PR business. The author is a successul playwright; that explains the snappy dialog. I'd love to see one of her plays.
fluffy nutter June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this book is what it tis. Just fluff and good at it. It held my interest and Rebeck kept the story going. I would read more by this author.
 Great fun! June 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was such a fun book and so seemingly believable. If you ever indulge in any sort of celebrity watching, or wonder how pictures of the same "it girls" appear endlessly in magazine after magazine, you realize that there is a whole culture (sub-culture?) feeding our fascination with the famous and fabulous. The way the story is progressed through the points of view from youngest to oldest of the siblings adds a great insight to how family dynamics, ambitions and even birth order impacts how they see (or don't see) the same events. While I enjoyed the family drama and comedic aspects, even better were the inside New York/Hollywood media-gossip column-publicist-stylist-theater-and-modeling contexts, which seemed very "ripped from the headlines" and were thoroughly entertaining. From start to end, the story was incredibly absorbing; I was reading on the subway and even missed my stop, on two different occasions! Very highly recommended!
 Boring at Best June 13, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
We decided to select this book for our book club. Bad Choice. The Author apparently writes screen plays and decided to try her hand at novels. she should go back to screen plays. The Book is sectioned off into 4 different sections. One for the brother and 3 for each sister. Each Character has several chapters of 'tell their story'. As I was reading, it became very apparent that the characters in each section were no different than the last section. So Polly talking and telling her story sounded exactly like her brother several chapters earlier. The book wasn't funny. Didn't hold my interest and was grueling to get through at best. Some of the ladies in my book club, feel the same and in fact didn't even finish the book. All in all it left me feeling like 'What was the point of the story?' Thumbs down on this one.
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