Wonderland
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An NPR Best Book of 2014
A Time Top Ten Fiction Book of 2014
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
A BBC Top Ten Book of 2014 "Exquisite...As inspiring in its way as Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids." --Los Angeles Times
"Briskly addictive . . . Told in the voice of a female rock Ulysses." --O, the Oprah Magazine "Marvelous . . . D'Erasmo conjures up the seedy, sexy spectacle of life on the road with amazing vividness, and fills in the inner life of a woman who has one last chance to get her voice heard." --Lev Grossman, Time Anna Brundage is a rock star. She was an overnight indie sensation, but lost her fame just as fast as she found it. Now forty-four, she pours everything into a comeback, selling her famous father's art to finance an album and a European tour. A riveting look at the life of a musician and the moving story of a woman's unconventional path, Wonderland is a glimpse of how it feels when a wish just might come true. "Anna made me think of Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, mixed with a little bit of Janis." -- Paste "Richly interior . . . What makes Anna such a powerful narrator is her seductive desire to keep her options open." -- Washington Post
Author: Stacey D'Erasmo
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 05/05/2015
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780544483897
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 07/05/2015 pg. 28
A Time Top Ten Fiction Book of 2014
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
A BBC Top Ten Book of 2014 "Exquisite...As inspiring in its way as Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids." --Los Angeles Times
"Briskly addictive . . . Told in the voice of a female rock Ulysses." --O, the Oprah Magazine "Marvelous . . . D'Erasmo conjures up the seedy, sexy spectacle of life on the road with amazing vividness, and fills in the inner life of a woman who has one last chance to get her voice heard." --Lev Grossman, Time Anna Brundage is a rock star. She was an overnight indie sensation, but lost her fame just as fast as she found it. Now forty-four, she pours everything into a comeback, selling her famous father's art to finance an album and a European tour. A riveting look at the life of a musician and the moving story of a woman's unconventional path, Wonderland is a glimpse of how it feels when a wish just might come true. "Anna made me think of Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, mixed with a little bit of Janis." -- Paste "Richly interior . . . What makes Anna such a powerful narrator is her seductive desire to keep her options open." -- Washington Post
Author: Stacey D'Erasmo
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 05/05/2015
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780544483897
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 07/05/2015 pg. 28
About the Author
D'Erasmo, Stacey: -
STACEY D'ERASMO is a recipient of Guggenheim and Stegner Fellowships, the author of three previous novels and a book of nonfiction, The Art of Intimacy. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times (Magazine and Book Review), Bookforum, and Ploughshares, among others. She teaches in Columbia University's MFA program.