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Cherry bomb / Jenny Valentish.

By: Publication details: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2014.Description: 373 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781760110819
  • 1760110817
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • A823.4 23
Summary: Twenty-one year old Nina Dall has seen it all, including her own meteoric rise to fame and its inevitable aftermath. She created teen band The Dolls to escape suburban hell. Now she needs to prove she's not a one-hit wonder. Rose Dall craves adoration, and through The Dolls, she gets it. But with the band's every move coming under media scrutiny and cousin Nina going off the rails, she's pushed to breaking point. Can The Dolls survive each other? Alannah Dall had a pop career in the 1980s before disappearing from public view. She's resurfaced to steer her nieces away from the same scandals, but with her own comeback on the cards, The Dolls start to become a threat. A mesmerising ride into the heart of love, fame and rock'n'roll. You have to risk everything to get to the top - and even more to stay there. But how do you get back what's been lost along the way? 'Cherry bomb' is a brilliant debut novel that will grab you tight and never let you go.
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Includes discography: pages 369-372.

Twenty-one year old Nina Dall has seen it all, including her own meteoric rise to fame and its inevitable aftermath. She created teen band The Dolls to escape suburban hell. Now she needs to prove she's not a one-hit wonder. Rose Dall craves adoration, and through The Dolls, she gets it. But with the band's every move coming under media scrutiny and cousin Nina going off the rails, she's pushed to breaking point. Can The Dolls survive each other? Alannah Dall had a pop career in the 1980s before disappearing from public view. She's resurfaced to steer her nieces away from the same scandals, but with her own comeback on the cards, The Dolls start to become a threat. A mesmerising ride into the heart of love, fame and rock'n'roll. You have to risk everything to get to the top - and even more to stay there. But how do you get back what's been lost along the way? 'Cherry bomb' is a brilliant debut novel that will grab you tight and never let you go.

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