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Fashion-obsessed Samara gets her dream job working for legendary designer Antonio Mota, but it's not long before Samara's dream life begins to turn into a living nightmare.
Fashion-obsessed Samara finally has the life she’s always dreamed of: a high-powered job with legendary designer Antonio Mota. A new home in sunny California, far away from those drab Jersey winters. And an intriguing love interest, Brandon, a wealthy investor in Mota’s fashion line.
But it’s not long before Samara’s dream life begins to turn into a living nightmare, as Mota’s big fashion show approaches and the pressure on Samara turns crushing. Perhaps that’s why Samara begins hearing voices in the dark in her room at night—and seeing strange things that can’t be explained away by stress and anxiety, or by the number of drinks she consumes every night.
And it may not only be Samara’s unraveling psyche, because she soon discovers hints that her new city—and the house of Mota—may have been built on a foundation of secrets and lies. Now Samara must uncover what hideous truths lurk in the shadows of this illusory world of glamor and beauty, before those shadows claim her…
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Lilliam Rivera is a MacDowell Fellow and an award-winning author of eight works of fiction: four young adult novels, three middle grade books, and a graphic novel for DC Comics. Her books have been awarded a Pura Belpré honor and featured on NPR and in The New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and multiple “best of” lists. Her novel Never Look Back is slated for a movie adaptation. A Bronx, New York, native, Lilliam Rivera currently lives in Los Angeles. Tiny Threads is her first book for adults.
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AGE GROUP: | Ages 19+ |
EVENT TYPE: | Author Talk |
Mon, Oct 28 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Tue, Oct 29 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Wed, Oct 30 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Thu, Oct 31 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Fri, Nov 01 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Sat, Nov 02 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Sun, Nov 03 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
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