Malibu rising : a novel / Taylor Jenkins Reid

By: Reid, Taylor Jenkins [author.]Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: 369 pages ; 25 cmISBN: 9781524798659; 1524798657; 9780593355268; 0593355261Other title: Prepublication title: Malibu burningSubject(s): Parties -- Fiction | Fame -- Fiction | Siblings -- Fiction | Fathers and daughters -- Fiction | Celebrities -- Fiction | Family secrets -- Fiction | Summer -- Fiction | Malibu (Calif.) -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Psychological fiction. | Fiction. | Historical fiction. | Novels. | Psychological fiction. | Historical fiction. | Psychological fiction. | Novels.Additional physical formats: Online version:: Malibu burning.DDC classification: 813/.6 LOC classification: PS3618.E5478 | M35 2021PS3618.E5478 | M35 2021Summary: "Set against the backdrop of the Malibu surf culture of the 1980s this novel follows the daughter of a famous singer who, once she finds fame, must grapple with the fact that her father abandoned her and her siblings when they were young"--Summary: August 1983. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their baby sister, Kit. The siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over-- especially as the offspring of legendary singer Mick Riva. It's the day of Nina's annual end-of-summer party, and she's the only person not looking forward to it after being abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Hud needs to confess something to the brother from whom he's been inseparable since birth. Jay is counting the minutes until the girl he can't stop thinking about promised she'll be there. And Kit has a couple secrets of her own. The alcohol will flow, the music will play... and by morning the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. -- adapted from jacket
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"Set against the backdrop of the Malibu surf culture of the 1980s this novel follows the daughter of a famous singer who, once she finds fame, must grapple with the fact that her father abandoned her and her siblings when they were young"--

August 1983. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their baby sister, Kit. The siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over-- especially as the offspring of legendary singer Mick Riva. It's the day of Nina's annual end-of-summer party, and she's the only person not looking forward to it after being abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Hud needs to confess something to the brother from whom he's been inseparable since birth. Jay is counting the minutes until the girl he can't stop thinking about promised she'll be there. And Kit has a couple secrets of her own. The alcohol will flow, the music will play... and by morning the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. -- adapted from jacket

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