The Rise and Fall of Rocky Love

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Author: Katia Lief ISBN: 9780983499060
Publisher: Blue Table Books Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Katia Lief
ISBN: 9780983499060
Publisher: Blue Table Books
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English

IS FAME REALLY WORTH ALL THE TROUBLE?

Aspiring cartoonist Catherine "Cat" Gold earns her living as a celebrity assistant in uptown Manhattan, while navigating the cramped downtown spaces of life, love, and alternative art. Her boss is Rochelle "Rocky" Love, a elebrated 1970s feminist and has-been '80s radio andtelevision star who is convinced she can forge a '90s comeback with anautobiography.

But the ghostwriter hired to glorify her lifeinstead reveals a battleground of treachery and hypocrisy, littered with lies and sex that cross all the boundaries. When Cat herselfexperiences Rocky's duplicity and learns that the icon is a fraud, sheis fueled by a sense of disappointment and conspires with theghostwriter to reveal the unspeakable truth about their narcissisticboss.

Praise for international bestseller Katia Lief's novels:

"Wonderfully funny and terribly true."--Fay Weldon

"Urban, hip, sad, funny, a tipsy walk on the wild side."--Malcolm Bosse

"Taut, clean storytelling." --Publishers Weekly

"Readers will want to read more of this talented writer's work." --New York Journal of Books

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IS FAME REALLY WORTH ALL THE TROUBLE?

Aspiring cartoonist Catherine "Cat" Gold earns her living as a celebrity assistant in uptown Manhattan, while navigating the cramped downtown spaces of life, love, and alternative art. Her boss is Rochelle "Rocky" Love, a elebrated 1970s feminist and has-been '80s radio andtelevision star who is convinced she can forge a '90s comeback with anautobiography.

But the ghostwriter hired to glorify her lifeinstead reveals a battleground of treachery and hypocrisy, littered with lies and sex that cross all the boundaries. When Cat herselfexperiences Rocky's duplicity and learns that the icon is a fraud, sheis fueled by a sense of disappointment and conspires with theghostwriter to reveal the unspeakable truth about their narcissisticboss.

Praise for international bestseller Katia Lief's novels:

"Wonderfully funny and terribly true."--Fay Weldon

"Urban, hip, sad, funny, a tipsy walk on the wild side."--Malcolm Bosse

"Taut, clean storytelling." --Publishers Weekly

"Readers will want to read more of this talented writer's work." --New York Journal of Books

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