Douglas Wood
Ladies of the Canyon
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Sometimes it's deadly at the top...Devon O'Keefe, star of the popular streaming TV series Beverly Hills Banshee, is losing her grip on life and her sudden fame. When substance abuse and erratic behavior cause production of her show to come to a halt-and after burning through all of her money on drugs and legal fees-the young Midwestern transplant finds herself alone and homeless in L.A.Enter Nikki Barnes, notorious aging child star and Hollywood survivor with her own tabloid exploits, who waylays Devon after a twelve-step program meeting. Nikki sees a younger version of herself in Devon, having battled addiction, eating disorders, and the eff…
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Sometimes it's deadly at the top...Devon O'Keefe, star of the popular streaming TV series Beverly Hills Banshee, is losing her grip on life and her sudden fame. When substance abuse and erratic behavior cause production of her show to come to a halt-and after burning through all of her money on drugs and legal fees-the young Midwestern transplant finds herself alone and homeless in L.A.Enter Nikki Barnes, notorious aging child star and Hollywood survivor with her own tabloid exploits, who waylays Devon after a twelve-step program meeting. Nikki sees a younger version of herself in Devon, having battled addiction, eating disorders, and the effects of personal tragedy for decades. She offers to share her decaying Laurel Canyon mansion with the troubled young actress, determined to help her avoid making the same mistakes she's made. But soon a series of mysterious and disturbing incidents occur and the two women find themselves locked in a complex and twisted relationship that spirals downward into violence.Ladies of the Canyon explores the universal need for family and acceptance, and how a toxic environment can affect the choices we make.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-63516-002-4
- EAN: 9781635160024
- Produktnummer: 36032132
- Verlag: Prospective Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 204 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.2 cm 295 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 295
Über den Autor
Douglas Wood writes, creates and produces children's television for Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, NBC, Amazon, BBC, Netflix, and Apple. The PBS series, Molly of Denali, for which Wood was Story Editor received a Peabody award. Wood has also been a film executive for Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment as well as several major Hollywood studios. He began his career in entertainment as an actor in Chicago where he appeared at Steppenwolf and the Goodman Theatre. He was a member of the Second City National Touring Company and the Fine Line comedy duo, which appeared at the Comedy Store, The Improv, and The Motown Revue with Smokey Robinson, an NBC series for which Wood was also a writer. He lives in Topanga Canyon in the Santa Monica mountains outside of L.A. with his wife and two cats.Ladies of the Canyon is his first novel.
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