Mary-Rose Hayes
2) Paper star
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
©1991
Physical Desc
viii, 359 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen years old and overweight, Vera Brown finds escape from her stifling home life in rural England in drawing a strong, dynamic and beautiful comic strip character: Diana Starfire. Later landing a job as an au pair for a TV star in New York, Vera meets writer Sloane St. John Treadwell Jr., teen movie idol Arnie Blaize and hooker/actress-hopeful Jo-Beth Feeney. Diana Starfire becomes the glue of this group and the catalyst for their future endeavors....
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
©2005
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A tale of friendship and betrayal, pragmatism and idealism, infighting and spin, the novel opens on the eve of a crucial vote on an ultra-conservative Supreme Court nominee. Senator Ellen Fischer is handed explosive documents that will surely derail the nomination she opposes - if she takes them to the floor of the Senate the next day.
