The lives of three characters -- an obsessive-compulsive, a
pregnant teenager, and the teen's unborn child -- come together in
National Book Award finalist and Pushcart Prize winner Kim
Addonizio's unsparingly funny and transcendent debut novel.
Diana McBride, a thirty-four-year-old former child pageant
contender, now works in a baby store in Long Beach. Between dealing
with a catastrophic haircut, the failure of her marriage, and phone
calls from her alcoholic mother, Diana has gone off her OCD
medication and is trying to cope via washing and cleaning rituals.
When pregnant teenager Jamie Ramirez enters the store, Diana's
already chaotic world is sent spinning.
Jamie can't stand being pregnant. She can't wait to get on with
her normal life and give the baby up for adoption. But her
yet-to-be-born daughter, Stella, has a fierce will and a destiny to
fulfill. And as the magical plot of "Little Beauties" unfolds,
these three characters' lives become linked in ever more surprising
ways.
With a poet's ear for fresh, evocative language and a deft humor
that exposes her characters' foibles, Addonizio perfectly captures
the messiness and unexpected beauty of life.
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