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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
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- ISBN: 9780544073692
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- ISBN: 9780544073692
- File size: 2754 KB
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Starred review from February 17, 2014
On her comeback tour, a decade separated from her heyday, musician Anna Brundage zigzags across Europe with a new album, Wonderland; a new manager; and a new band, in the commanding latest from D’Erasmo (The Sky Below). Along the way, she tackles her roller-coaster past—her relationship with her artist father; her affair with Simon, a married father of two; an abortion—and seeks atonement. Spoken in Anna’s voice and structured with a fragmented chronology, the novel intersperses moments from multiple tours and recording sessions with personal letters and meditations, creating a spellbinding look into the protagonist’s being. Characters like the glammed-out Billy Q and the drug-addled Ezra weave in and out of Anna’s tour like ghosts, as Anna and her bandmates—Zach, Alicia, and Tom—live life on the road, where romance is fleeting, where friends come and go, and where a savior can be found in the darkest of moments. A story of second chances, D’Erasmo has meticulously crafted a work that, with the exception of a small lull midnovel, constantly builds, yet often feels incredibly casual. Days and shows pass, but within this routine, a transformation slowly creeps into the narrative: that of commitment, and, perhaps, hope for the future. Agent: Bill Clegg, WME Entertainment. -
December 1, 2013
Stegner Fellow D'Erasmo got front-page coverage in the New York Times Book Review for her most recent book, The Sky Below, but this new work is billed as her commercial breakout. Flame-haired, golden-voiced Anna, an overnight indie rock star who just as suddenly crashed, attempts a comeback at age 44. With a 40,000-copy first printing.
Copyright 2013 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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