Rainey Royal is fourteen when this book
opens. Her mother left to live in an
ashram and Rainey lives in Greenwich Village with her father, a famous jazz
musician named Howard. Howard welcomes
all sorts of aspiring musicians and acolytes into the home (and his bed) at all
hours of the night and day.
Rainey is an artist who challenges and
tests every boundary and rule at school and at home. She is cruel and bullying to teachers and
classmates but she is also fiercely loyal.
Her best friend from her teen years, Tina Dial, and another friend named
Leah vie for Rainey’s attention and love throughout the book. The story ends when Rainey is in her early
twenties.
This book is set in the 70s and the
author does a good job recreating the chaos of the free love movement and of
that time. I would recommend this book
and I think it would be a good book club book.
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