All American Dream Dolls (Harvest Book) - Softcover

Haynes, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156005727 ISBN 13: 9780156005722

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1999

Synopsis

What's an attractive, successful, all-around-together girl to do when she's dumped at sixty-five miles per hour on the way to a romantic getaway? If you're Deneen Wilkerson, "college-educated, hardworking advertising phenom, friend of the earth, and owner of major appliances," you retreat to rethink - in Deneens' case, in the basement of her mother's house in St. Louis for a solitary orgy of talk shows and mental hygiene. Deneen's crash and her wildly funny rebirth are chronicled in this beguiling new novel of relationships. When her younger sister becomes a serious contender in the All American Dream Dolls preteen beauty pageant, Deneen finds herself caught up in a universe of handsome promoters, bad Whitney Houston soundalikes, and wicked hot-oil treatments. Deneen needs both her wit and her wisdom to decide what's real and what is fool's gold as she threads the maze of a contemporary wonderland of hype, seeking compassion not only for the women and men in her life but for herself.

About this title

Review:

One of the [year's] smartest books."-
--Chicago Tribune"Chicago Tribune" (12/31/1999)

A wildly funny, realistic look at beauty pageants, sibling rivalry, self-esteem, and growing up...Highly recommended.
-- (01/07/1999)

Wickedly funny...a marvelous and easy-to-read book that won't disappoint.
-- (12/31/1999)

Haynes [has] talents as a truly comic writer and observer of pop culture.
-- (01/07/1999)

About the Author:

David Haynes is currently a teacher-in-residence at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0156005727
• ISBN 13: 9780156005722
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288