false 1895698 8 Now that it&#8217;s all over, everybody is saying it was the picture&#8211;that stupid picture was behind every disaster. . . .<br><br>They may be the granddaughters of a famous literary critic, but what really starts it all is Daria, Polly, and Amelia Heller&#8217;s stunning red hair. Out of the blue one day, The New Yorker calls and says that they want to feature the girls in a glamorous spread shot by a world-famous photographer, and before long these three beautiful nobodies from Brooklyn have been proclaimed the new &#8220;It&#8221; girls.<br><br>But with no parental guidance&#8211;Mom&#8217;s a former beauty queen living vicariously through her daughters, and Dad is nowhere to be found&#8211;the three girls find themselves easy prey for the sharks and piranhas of show business. Posing in every hot fashion magazine, tangling with snarling fashonistas and soulless agents, skipping school and hitting A-list parties, the sisters are caught up in a whirlwind rise to fame that quickly spirals out of control. <br><br>When Amelia, the youngest of the three&#8211;who never really wanted to be a model in the first place&#8211;appears in an Off-Broadway play, the balance of power shifts, all the pent-up resentment and pressure comes to a head, and the girls&#8217; quiet, neglected brother reaches a critical point of virtual breakdown. And against the odds, even as the struggle for fame threatens to tear the family apart, the Hellers begin to see that despite the jealousy, greed, and uncertainty that have come to define their relationships, in the celebrity world of viciousness and betrayal, all they really have is one another.<br><br>Narrated in four parts, from the perspective of each sibling, <i>Three Girls and Their Brother</i> is a sharp, perceptive, and brilliantly written debut novel from an acclaimed playwright. 1897229 book 8 4 2008 Three Girls and Their Brother: A Novel total:202|5:24|4:71|3:72|2:26|1:9| 202 681 397 63 1895698 030739414X 9780307394149 174 52 3.37 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1895698.Three_Girls_and_Their_Brother_A_Novel 4 1 false Sat Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 15:44:23 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 12:44:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1895698 030739414X 9780307394149 174 52 3.37 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1895698.Three_Girls_and_Their_Brother_A_Novel 4 1 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 08:24:53 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 08:29:42 -0700 2009 1895698 030739414X 9780307394149 174 52 3.37 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1895698.Three_Girls_and_Their_Brother_A_Novel 0 0 false Wed Sep 30 12:42:38 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:42:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1895698 030739414X 9780307394149 174 52 3.37 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1895698.Three_Girls_and_Their_Brother_A_Novel 4 0 false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 14:43:56 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 15:24:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6484911 2 2 3.37 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6484911-three-girls-and-their-brother 4 1 false Fri Jun 12 18:29:56 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 20:01:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 18:29:56 -0700 2009 Catcher in the Rye meets Project Runway. 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