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A true-crime, coming-of-age story with a tragic twist: a New York
editor's quest to uncover the truth about the brutal murder of her
wild and seductive friend in a "riveting...and thoughtful
examination of how we grow up and apart" (Cosmopolitan).As girls
growing up in rural New Jersey in the late 1980s, Ashley and
Carolyn had everything in common: two outsiders who loved spending
afternoons exploring the woods. Only when the girls attended
different high schools did they begin to grow apart. While Carolyn
struggled to fit in, Ashley quickly became a hot girl: popular,
extroverted, and sexually precocious. After high school, Carolyn
entered college in New York City and Ashley ended up in Los
Angeles, where she quit school to work as a stripper and an escort,
dating actors and older men, and experimenting with drugs. The last
time Ashley visited New York, Carolyn was shocked by how they had
grown apart. One year later, Ashley was stabbed to death at age
twenty-two in her Hollywood home. "Original and engaging" (Kirkus
Reviews), The Hot One is the story of Carolyn's emotional quest to
find out what really happened to her oldest friend. It's a journey
that takes her through the hills of Hollywood, into courtrooms in
Los Angeles, to strip clubs in Las Vegas, and back to her own
childhood memories as she tries to unravel why she and Ashley
became so different. How did Ashley end up the overtly sexual
risk-taker--the hot one--while Carolyn was seen as the smart one,
the observer? Carolyn's "memoir will shock and fascinate"
(Booklist) readers as she explores the power of female friendships
and pays tribute to the ones that stay with you long after they're
gone.
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