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It's a great story for those interested in the behind the scenes of the modeling industry that reads a bit like a memoir. Her journey to have to confront that life again and her opening up to her daughter. Someone who had been taken advantage of, who fell in love, who got hurt in a variety of ways. A girl who had to make some very adult decisions at an early point in her life. It's also a story of Iris and her journey.
However, this isn't just a book about fashion and the extremities that occur in the industry.
I'm not big on art-y type books and fashion certainly can fall into that same category in my eyes. I do think that maybe this wasn't quite the right choice for me to read. But hey, this is a debut novel and these things, while can disrupt the reading flow, is something I can also overlook. Am I reading about Iris of old or of now? The tenses seemed to change a lot throughout the pages as well. There were some issues in the writing of the book - it could seem choppy in certain areas and would go from past to present without any real segue or break in the chapters. Told from present day with flashbacks, we get a look into the seedy world of modeling, drugs and sex.Ī realistic look into something we on the outside tend to see as exciting and a dream for some. Now she has to confront her past to try and protect not only herself but her daughter as well. Living a much calmer life, she receives notice that Gus has passed and has left his estate to Lou, him and Iris's daughter. Iris, a former model, who had a tumultuous relationship with fashion photographer, Gus, now is off that fast track and with her daughter, lives in California. Here Melian gives to us a fictionalized story based on truth. I feel like debut novels can be difficult to review.
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