Now that it’s all over, everybody is saying it was the picture–that stupid picture was behind every disaster. . . .
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Apr 15, 2008
Betsy
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This is a fun, sometimes poignant read about how their fifteen minutes of fame affects each of the three drop-dead gorgeous sisters and the subsequent jettisoning of the brother. The story works well as it is told from the four separate siblings, each in his/her own section that continues to advance the plot.This is a compulsive read that I just didn't want to put down till I had finished it. The cover of the copy that I have has a completely different image of a beautiful woman who has a deer-i
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Mar 17, 2009
Karlan
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Playwright, Rebeck, knows how to tell a good story with lively dialog. Three beautiful red haired teenage girls discover that fame has real drawbacks after they become models. Although it was published for adults, it will please many teen readers.
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Feb 12, 2009
Debrarian
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A completely fun high-class gossip type read. The New Yorker does a piece on the Hellers, grandchildren of a late literary critic who just happen to be ravishingly beautiful young redheads, and their modeling party girl careers are off to a careening start. Their brother, Philip, 15, narrates the first part, dubiously chronicling how their former Miss America mother blithely yanks the girls out of school (they are 18, 17 and 14) and throws them to the jackals of publicity. The youngest, Ameli
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Dec 24, 2011
Steve
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This was the right book to read in the month when Lindsay Lohan's Playboy pictorial came out. Daria, Polly, and Amelia Heller are, like Lohan, products of dysfunctional parents. Their mother has an out of control fascination with fame and their father, who has serious issues that are revealed later in the story, is an absentee parent with a new family.
Three Girls and Their Brother must have been inspired by the Hemingway sisters. Like Joan, Margaux, and Mariel, the Heller girls ar More...
Three Girls and Their Brother must have been inspired by the Hemingway sisters. Like Joan, Margaux, and Mariel, the Heller girls ar More...
Sep 03, 2011
Jan
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Another fantastic recommendation from my friend Patricia.
I wish that I had remembered to keep the book to refer back to for writing my review before I turned it back in at the library. In all honesty, when I started in on the book, I wasn't so sure that I liked it. But as I neared the end of the first chapter, I fell in complete and utter love. In this chapter, the brother is describing his sisters' first photo shoot and how he got pulled in for a few shots. He doesn't really enjoy him More...
I wish that I had remembered to keep the book to refer back to for writing my review before I turned it back in at the library. In all honesty, when I started in on the book, I wasn't so sure that I liked it. But as I neared the end of the first chapter, I fell in complete and utter love. In this chapter, the brother is describing his sisters' first photo shoot and how he got pulled in for a few shots. He doesn't really enjoy him More...
Sep 06, 2011
Alice
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Yet another book I found on the street. It was peculiar. On one hand it's supposed to be an over-the-top satire of NYC celebrity excess, but on the other, so many of the details are wrong that it's hard to buy either the over-the-top or satirical aspect. For example: would the New Yorker REALLY do a cover story-- a cover story!-- on three sexy teenage girls? And would a picture of them IN the New Yorker make them the new It Girls? I think the author really meant "Vanity Fair" or perhap
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Aug 03, 2011
Crystal
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This book is about three gorgeous, red-headed, sisters and their quick rise to fame that makes everyone involved world spin out of control. This book takes you inside the view of fashion that they public does not get to see. The fame starts ripping this family apart. The brother is forced to go live with his detached father so that nothing is said about what his sisters are doing for fame, especially the younger. Over the course of the book trouble mounts and the brother comes to the rescue.
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Apr 03, 2010
Emily
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On the one hand, this was a fast-paced, witty, razor-sharp look at fame (and its underbelly) and the lives of three sisters (and their brother, of course) caught up in it. The idea that the story unfolded chronologically, with each sibling taking a turn at narrating a good chunk of it, was a neat device, until I realized that each sibling had pretty much the same voice. Further, I get the sense that Ms. Rebeck had just finished The Catcher in the Rye before beginning this novel; the use of "
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Mar 19, 2010
Janet
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Finding yourself in todays world of techno everything, and instant gratification was a walk in the park for Daria, Polly, Amelia and of course their brother Phillip. Well, maybe not for Phillip. Somehow, or should I say by some enormous twist of good luck and gifted thinking, Phillip was able to connect the dots and not have his judgement clouded by such celebrity agent sharks such as, Maureen Piven. His love for his sisters, especially Amelia, was unwavering even when he was shipped off or s
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Jun 12, 2009
Scot
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Actually, once you get into it, this is a very strong and compelling first novel by an experienced playwright. Think Catcher in the Rye meets Project Runway. The tale of alienated adolescence is told from the perspectives of four siblings, each in turn, as a commentary on the base manipulations and shallow self-absorption that seem to drive media fixations on which celebrity du jour is "IN" at the moment. The novel follows the chain of events as the three redheaded Heller girls—Dari
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Apr 10, 2009
Kate
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Oh, my god, this was so much fun. Three sisters (aged 14 to 19) become "it" girls overnight, get embroiled in creepy celebrity craziness, and have to find their way back to being a family unit. Meanwhle, almost every person around them is out to exploit them in some way, including their mother, who has exiled their brother to his unloving dad's house because he was asking uncomfortable questions. (I guess that's a spoiler...sorry.) This is one of those books where you feel like you're
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Feb 13, 2011
Janice
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Wow. Have to get past the continual use of f**k. Do young adults use that word all the time? Well, this is the story of a family of 4 children (teens). The girls are catapulted into stardom when a magazine recruits them for a photoshoot. The brother is left out of the stardom. He and the youngest girl (14) are best friends. Mom sends the brother to live with dad when she decides he stands in the way of super stardom. The older sisters deal with jealousy issues while the younger deals with not wa
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Feb 04, 2009
Meghan
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I devoured this one and can't wait to convincing readers who love books about fashion, models, paparazzi, and fame to read it too. I look forward to tricking them into reading an amazingly well-written, funny, sad, and tense story of three sisters who are transformed into "It Girls" and their brother who tries to protect them as they become commodities. The book gives each sibling a turn to narrate the roller coaster ride and I thought Rebeck did a fantastic job of giving them each t
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Aug 16, 2011
Simone
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I had this as an audio book from the local library. A bit perverse and sad. Engaging enough to listent to the whole thing... but was not a book that made me happy or delighted in the language or anything. Just a story that entertained in a sad way. If you feel like thinking about how some of the famous people may operate (probably the sadder more boring lot of them) this story could be entertaining for you. The main characters come across all sorts of characters some terrible some caring, ultima
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Aug 16, 2010
Synona
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I didn't like this nearly as much as "Twelve Rooms with a View". It was probably the theme I wasn't into as much. It's basically about three sisters that are models and basically about all the craziness that surrounds them with the life they lead. Also really highlights their dysfunctional family. I really wanted to slap the mother. She was atrocious and I would basically label her as a pimp. Anyway, just not a subject I would normally pick up to read, but I would definitely read more
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Jan 29, 2012
Sarah
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I inhaled this adult novel. It's oh, so good! Three red-headed sisters are suddenly chosen to be photographed for The New Yorker. Next thing they know, they are the It Girls. They are modeling, partying, and running around doing whatever they want because their mother thinks it's cool. This tale is told from the three girls' point-of-view (and their brother) and it works. Amelia, the youngest, is only 14 and is forced to drop out of school. The paparazzi causes too much trouble at school. And th
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Oct 01, 2009
Chelsea
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I can't say enough about how much I loved this book. I really loved how there was a continuing perspective from each of the main characters point of view. The story line was catchy and had me immediately drawn in, and I felt like I was really reading a guilty pleasure based on the premise of the book. That in itself kept me reeled in for the entire novel.
The novel starts out from Phillip's point of view; the younger brother with an actual head on his shoulders. He pretty much seems t More...
The novel starts out from Phillip's point of view; the younger brother with an actual head on his shoulders. He pretty much seems t More...
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May 06, 2009
Jean
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This Alex Award (adult books appropriate for teen readers) shocked me when it arrived with its very adult book jacket. So to know the content, I have decided to read it. So far, three beautiful sisters with red hair are asked to a photo shoot. They're being promoted as the next hottest thing. Brother Philip tells the story of his sisters, ages 18, 16 and 14, in part one. Each of the other siblings tells the continuing story from their point of view in the three subsequent parts. Dysfunction
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Aug 18, 2009
Patricia
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When this arrived at the library for me I had a moment of puzzlement as to why I would have requested this particular novel. The cover is a bit off-putting. But two paragraphs in, I was hooked. Goodreads tells me I heard about this book from Deborah. Thank goodness she is my friend on Goodreads. Now I'm curious as to what she had to say about it, but I'm going to write my review before I read hers.
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The voices in this story make this book. Particularly, the voice of the brother, More...
Aug 02, 2008
Kendra
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Although there were times I kind of liked the book, it got really old really fast to read 335 pages of adult-trying-to-write-as-teenager. (Also? I hate the cover. My copy has a different cover than the one showing up there, but it's even worse...) The book revolves around -- you guessed it -- three girls and their brother. The three girls, all gorgeous redheads, land a photo shoot in The New Yorker, because of their fabulous hair and the fact that their grandfather was a semi-famous literar
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Jun 24, 2008
Jessica
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I nearly didn't make it through this overpraised novel (by a decent playwright and television screenwriter), but had insomnia and nothing better to do than read it while lying on the sofa and cursing my existence. From the first chapter it is painfully clear that this book is exactly what the world does not need more of -- an examination of overindulged rich New York teenagers who think Holden Caulfield is the height of wit and authenticity. Let me tell you, A Catcher in the Rye wasn't that good
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Jun 10, 2008
Ningerbil
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When three attractive teens are photographed for the New Yorker, they become the next "It" girls, propelled into the dangerous world of fame and stardom. Things take a sudden turn when the youngest -- the most reluctant to accept the new-found celebrity -- finds herself in a position where she has the potential to eclipse her more ambitious sisters. The story itself is told from four different perspectives, dividing the book into four distinct parts. We see the action through the eyes
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Dec 21, 2011
Laura
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I think every stage and pageant parent should be required to read this book. As you read it, you think, "Oh, this is just exaggerated to make it readable," but then you realize, the author has experience in show business, and therefore, must have gotten her inspiration somewhere. While the situations in this book are probably the exception rather than the rule, it is a good idea to keep the possibilities in mind while trying to live vicariously through your child.
Aug 08, 2010
Audra
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After one very successful photo shoot for The New Yorker, three gorgeous, red-headed sisters find themselves as the latest "It Girls" (think "Hilton sisters" plus some literary roots). Their brother in turn finds himself taking on the protector role against the unscrupulous and moral-lacking members of the entertainment/modeling world, the paparazzi and the hungry-for-scandal public. Told in four parts by each sibling. An Alex Award winner for 2009.
May 04, 2009
Amy
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Kate was right, very entertaining.
I want to say, however, that I feel VERY strongly about the cover art on the book. It is terrible and awful. I was embarrassed to be seen with it and seriously considered making a book cover out of a paper grocery bag (okay, I admit, I kind of just wanted to do that for old times sake, especially for the decorating part). Anyway, this cover is so bad and I think it really misrepresents the book.
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I want to say, however, that I feel VERY strongly about the cover art on the book. It is terrible and awful. I was embarrassed to be seen with it and seriously considered making a book cover out of a paper grocery bag (okay, I admit, I kind of just wanted to do that for old times sake, especially for the decorating part). Anyway, this cover is so bad and I think it really misrepresents the book.
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Feb 11, 2011
Scarlett
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Sep 12, 2009
Andrea
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Ok, I hate to write a negative reivew, but I just did not enjoy this story at all. None of the characters seemed real to me, at all. And none of them had any warmth. The only one that I even marginally liked was, Phillip, the neglected brother, but that's only because I felt sorry for him. The mother and the two older sisters were completely self-involved and I thought that the youngest one, Amelia, could have and should have stayed true to herself in enjoying school and not getting caught up in
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Aug 04, 2009
Michele
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This book is a tale of what happens to a family when fame hits the three sisters in a family after a picture of them appears in The New Yorker. It talks about their instant rise to fame and how they each deals with the consequences of their fame. The book is in four parts with each part being told from the point of view from a different sibling.
Jul 26, 2009
Laura
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This is a really great book to read on the beach! It is about three girls (I know, such a surprise) who are suddenly thrown into the (crazy) fashion world. The book deals a lot with the challenges of being super famous, and is told in four parts by the different charaters. A fun read
Jan 05, 2012
Mary
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I put this down for quite a while, thinking the characters were all too superficial, but my friend Art encouraged me to give it another try, and I ended up liking it. A fun story about celebrity culture in New York and the ties among siblings.
