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When plucky, ambitious Sophie graduates from college in 1998, all she knows is that she loves writing and she digs music. So she hightails it to New York, where, after a brief settling-in period, she nestles into that city of dreams, hoping to make her own come true. Wasfie lightly dances through Sophie's newbie big-city adventures, from a gig at Boldly Beautiful magazine, which has her writing saccharine "what-brought-us-back-together tales," to a post at BeatMaker, where she soon infiltrates the male-dominated world of hip-hop, and from a romance with a fellow hip-hop fan to an affair with a budding hip-hop star known to the world as Ferocious and to his mother as Earnest. Sophie's smart, stylish narration and her descriptions of the early hip-hop scene provide real pleasure, as she slinks through the halls of the grungy Landmark recording studio in her tall boots and Club Monaco skirts or dances the night away in a raging club. Even those who prefer their tunes more sedate should take a chance with this surprisingly heartfelt and winning story. Agent, Sita White. (May)
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For fans of the movie Brown Sugar, this story about hip-hop and the music industry is a page-turner. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Sophie sets out to make it in New York. She no longer has the voice of a singer, but she can write about her love of music. Her first gig, as an editorial assistant, is not the most exciting job, but it is the beginning of her career in music in NYC. Working at a magazine helps her create and launch a voice for herself among music lovers. Her professional life and personal life seem to be one and the same, and that begins to pose problems for her. She falls for someone who is unavailable and makes love to another who has a reputation for loving and leaving. When she decides to put all her energy into her music and not other distractions, the things she wants begin to happen. Lillian Lewis
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When plucky, ambitious Sophie graduates from college in 1998, all she knows is that she loves writing and she digs music. So she hightails it to New York, where, after a brief settling-in period, she nestles into that city of dreams, hoping to make her own come true. Wasfie lightly dances through Sophie's newbie big-city adventures, from a gig at Boldly Beautiful magazine, which has her writing saccharine "what-brought-us-back-together tales," to a post at BeatMaker, where she soon infiltrates the male-dominated world of hip-hop, and from a romance with a fellow hip-hop fan to an affair with a budding hip-hop star known to the world as Ferocious and to his mother as Earnest. Sophie's smart, stylish narration and her descriptions of the early hip-hop scene provide real pleasure, as she slinks through the halls of the grungy Landmark recording studio in her tall boots and Club Monaco skirts or dances the night away in a raging club. Even those who prefer their tunes more sedate should take a chance with this surprisingly heartfelt and winning story. Agent, Sita White. (May)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
For fans of the movie Brown Sugar, this story about hip-hop and the music industry is a page-turner. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Sophie sets out to make it in New York. She no longer has the voice of a singer, but she can write about her love of music. Her first gig, as an editorial assistant, is not the most exciting job, but it is the beginning of her career in music in NYC. Working at a magazine helps her create and launch a voice for herself among music lovers. Her professional life and personal life seem to be one and the same, and that begins to pose problems for her. She falls for someone who is unavailable and makes love to another who has a reputation for loving and leaving. When she decides to put all her energy into her music and not other distractions, the things she wants begin to happen. Lillian Lewis
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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