Luckiest Girl Alive

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Call Number: Fiction / Knoll, Jessica, Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Knoll, Jessica
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Knoll, Jessica	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Knoll, Jessica	4-week checkout	Due 05-24-2024
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Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Knoll, Jessica	4-week checkout	Due 05-17-2024

"In a riveting debut novel that reads like Prep meets Gone Girl, a young woman is determined to create the perfect life--husband, home, and career--until a violent incident from her past threatens to unravel everything and expose her most shocking secret of all. Twenty-eight-year-old New Yorker Ani FaNelli seems to have it all: she's a rising star at The Women's Magazine, impossibly fit, perfectly groomed, and about to marry Luke Harrison, a handsome blueblood. But behind that veneer of perfection lies a vulnerability that Ani holds close and buries deep--a very violent and public trauma from her past that has left her constantly trying to reinvent herself. And only she knows how far she would go to keep her secrets safe. When a documentary producer invites Ani to tell her side of the chilling incident that took place when she was a teenager at the prestigious Bradley School, she hopes it will be an opportunity for public vindication. Armed with the trappings of success--expensive clothes, high-powered byline, a massive engagement ring--she is determined to silence the whispers of suspicion and blame from her past, and prove once and for all how far she's come since Bradley. She'll even let them film her lavish wedding on Nantucket, the final step in her transformation. But perfection doesn't come without cost. As the wedding and filming converge, Ani's meticulously crafted facade begins to buckle and crack--until an explosive revelation offers her a final chance at redemption, even as it rocks her picture-perfect world. Equal parts glitz and darkness, and with a singular voice and twisting plot, Luckiest Girl Alive reads like Sex & the City--if Carrie Bradshaw had a closet full of skeletons instead of shoes. In Ani FaNelli, Jessica Knoll has created a complex and vulnerable heroine who you'll be rooting for to the very last page"-- Provided by publisher.
"This riveting debut novel follows a young woman striving to create the perfect life-- husband, home, career-- until a violent incident from her past threatens to unravel everything and expose her most shocking secret of all"-- Provided by publisher.

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lucky girl indeed submitted by hcf on August 12, 2015, 11:41am There were a couple of twists which kept me reading. Decent book.

Kept my attention! submitted by ssmyth on July 16, 2016, 6:51pm The book had many twists and turns and really kept my attention. It was interesting how the main character had completely re-made her life.

Check this Out submitted by Beth Manuel on July 18, 2016, 2:25pm There was enough psychological suspense to keep me interested in this book the entire time. Well written from a believable voice.

General Thoughts & Body Image Advisory submitted by kecolyer on July 19, 2019, 2:40pm First of all, this book is not for those who have sensitivities to talk about dieting/eating disorders/etc. It is not heavily advertised in the summaries, but a large portion of TifAni's (the protagonist) stream of consciousness is dedicated to thoughts of her body and ways of "improving" it. The book itself had an interesting plot, but the end did disappoint me. I think this a good read for summer or when you are not looking for something too dense. It definitely is darker than most books, so fair warning on that.