Format:
Book
Author:
Weir, Meghan MacLean, author.
Title:
The book of Essie : a novel / Meghan MacLean Weir.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York, New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
©2018
Description:
319 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
Essie Hicks is the youngest child on Six for Hicks, a reality television phenomenon. She's grown up in the spotlight, both idolized and despised for her family's fire-and-brimstone brand of faith. When Essie's mother, Celia, discovers that Essie is pregnant, she arranges an emergency meeting with the show's producers: Do they sneak Essie out of the country for an abortion? Do they pass the child off as Celia's? Or do they try to arrange a marriage--and a ratings-blockbuster wedding? Meanwhile, Essie is quietly pairing herself up with Roarke Richards, a senior at her school with a secret of his own. As the couple attempts to sell their fabricated love story to the media--through exclusive interviews with an infamously conservative reporter named Liberty Bell--Essie finds she has questions of her own: What was the real reason for her older sister leaving home? Who can she trust with the truth about her family? And how much is she willing to sacrifice to win her own freedom?
Subjects:
Reality television programs -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Teenage pregnancy -- Fiction.
Gay teenagers -- Fiction.
Celebrities -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Incest -- Fiction.
Sexual abuse -- Fiction.
Shame -- Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Notes:
"A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
LGBTQ
LCCN:
2017032041
ISBN:
9780525520313 (hardcover)
0525520317 (hardcover)
9780525520313 : HRD
0525520317 : HRD
Other Number:
1002211678
System Availability:
41
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3611239
Call Number:
813/.6
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
40