The cover girl
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"Birdie Rhodes was only thirteen when legendary modeling agent Harriet Goldman discovered her in a department store and transformed her into one of Harriet's Girls. What followed felt like the start of something incredible, a chance for shy Birdie to express herself in front of the camera. But two years later, she meets a thirty-one-year-old rock star, and her teenage heart falls hard as he leads her into a new life, despite Harriet's warnings. Then, as abruptly as it began, it's over, like a lipstick-smeared fever dream. Birdie tries hard to forget that time--starting over in Paris, in the dying embers of the LA punk scene, in Boston at the height of the AIDS crisis. She's not that person anymore. At least, that's what she's been telling herself. Decades later, Birdie lives a quiet life. She works modest gigs, takes Pilates and mostly keeps to herself. Maybe it's not the glamour she once envisioned, but it’s peaceful. Comfortable. Then a letter arrives, inviting Birdie to celebrate Harriet's fifty-year career. Except Birdie hasn't spoken to her in nearly thirty years--with good reason. Almost famous, almost destroyed, Birdie can only make her own future if she reckons with her past--the fame, the trauma, the opportunities she gave up for a man who brought her into a life she wasn't ready for. Just like she's not ready now. But the painful truth waits for nobody. Not even Birdie Rhodes"--
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Rossi, A. (2025). The cover girl. Mira.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Rossi, Amy. 2025. The Cover Girl. Mira.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Rossi, Amy, The Cover Girl. Mira, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Rossi, Amy. The Cover Girl. Mira, 2025.
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