"A deliciously wicked satire."
--"People" (4 out of 4 stars)
"Hilarious first novel...Rebeck shines when Amelia gets cast in a
ridiculous off-Broadway play...her insider's look at the theatre
world is spot on and uproarious."
--"Publishers Weekly
""A wickedly enjoyable expose of modern celebrity."
--"Kirkus" (starred review)
"Playwright Theresa Rebeck is known for black comedy and
hyper-intelligent heroines, and both figure in her first novel,"
Three Girls and Their Brother" -- a fizzy satire of celeb-obsessed
NYC about flame-haired teenage sisters who get photographed for The
New Yorker and soon become megastars."
--"Entertainment Weekly" (A-)
"Drawing on her rich understanding of the Darwinist...Rebeck
delivers a crackling expose so dead-on it's arguably closer to
social realism than satire."
--"Vogue
""This snappy, scathing novel from the acclaimed playwright follows
the trio of gorgeous Heller sisters who get famous and become
darlings of the fashionista set - until their youthful world
hilariously implodes."
--"More Magazine
""In her first novel, playwright Theresa Rebeck satirizes the
publicity-driven world of instant celebrity." Three Girls and Their
Brother" is pointed and funny, an entertaining, cautionary story
about the powerful and the preyed upon."
--"Boston Globe
""I was charmed - and I won't be the last."
--"The New York Observer
""With wry humor and sharply observant prose, Rebeck lands one
roundhouse punch after another in this supremely gratifying
takedown of show-biz politics."
--"Booklist
""In her funny and well-observed first novel, award-winning
Broadway playwright Rebeck ("Omnium Gatherum;Mauritius") weighs in
on the peculiarity and absurdity of fame in modern America."
--"Library Journal
""Given her background as a playwright, it is not surprising that
she is able to create convincing, distinctive voices for
teenagers...Rebeck undercuts the fun with darker points about
celebrity culture - particularly the damage caused by the media's
sexualization of young girls."
--"Associated Press
"
"An experienced playwright who has also toiled in the television
industry, Ms. Rebeck has intimate knowledge of the pathologies bred
in smart, seemingly well-adjusted men and women by the surreal
polarities of success and failure."
--"New York Times"
""Three Girls and Their Brother" is a brilliant fiction debut.
Rebeck weaves such an atmosphere of excitement and turmoil. I felt
genuinely close to these characters-all three sisters and their
brother. The insider's look at the life of young models and the way
instant success can upend everything resonates in hilarious and
heartbreaking ways. I found it impossible to put this book
down."
--Carol Goodman, author of "The Lake of Dead Languages"
"What a group portrait! Theresa Rebeck shows the picture vividly,
proofs and final print alike. And boy does she broadcast the
music-chorus and arias-of "Three Girls and Their Brother," The
brother, Philip, begins the story and I was rooting for him from
his first words, the sound of a kid with whom Holden Caulfield
would like to pal around. So when Amelia, the youngest of the three
gorgeous sisters, took over the narrative, I was bummed. Needn't
have been: She does her own daring riff and it's right on the
money. And on the money are her two older sisters, Polly andDaria
having had their perspectives and styles enriched by all that comes
before. I loved reading this novel! I've decided, having read it,
that I'd rather not be a celebrity after all. Spread the word."
--Geoffrey Wolff, acclaimed author and Professor Emeritus of
English at the University of California--Irvine
"I love this novel. It is smart and funny and impossible to put
down. From the fantasy world of models to the agents, the managers,
the press and the predators who sell these girls through the media,
Rebeck creates a moving story of three gorgeous sisters and what
happens when fame, unexpectedly, comes to call. This dazzling novel
lets us eavesdrop on these beauties who find a way to stay alive in
the limelight. You will never look at a fashion photo in the same
way again."
--Marsha Norman, author of the Pulitzer Prize--winning play 'Night,
Mother
"An experienced playwright who has also toiled in the television
industry, Ms. Rebeck has intimate knowledge of the pathologies bred
in smart, seemingly well-adjusted men and women by the surreal
polarities of success and failure."
--New York Times
"In her first novel, playwright Theresa Rebeck satirizes the
publicity-driven world of instant celebrity. "Three Girls and Their
Brother" is pointed and funny, an entertaining, cautionary story
about the powerful and the preyed upon. The trouble begins when The
New Yorker runs a glamorous photograph of three beautiful
red-haired teenagers, granddaughters of the renowned late literary
critic Leo Heller. Daria, 18, an aspiring model, is thrilled.
Polly, 17, is caught up in the excitement. Amelia, 14, resists. She
just wants to do her homework and practice the piano. But she's
pushed into public life by the girls' ambitious, feckless mother, a
former Miss Tennessee, and by Colette, a voracious agent who takes
over their lives. The novel is narrated in segments, from the
separate points of view of each sister and their overlooked
brother, Philip, 15. Rebeck creates convincing, different voices
for all the siblings."
--"Boston Globe
""In her first novel, playwright and screenwriter Theresa Rebeck
skewers paparazzi culture and our national obsession with the
hookups and breakdowns of the young and the beautiful."
--Association Press
""Three Girls and Their Brother" is a brilliant fiction debut.
Rebeck weaves such an atmosphere of excitement and turmoil. I felt
genuinely close to these characters-all three sisters and their
brother. The insider's look at the life of young models and the way
instant success can upend everythingresonates in hilarious and
heartbreaking ways. I found it impossible to put this book
down."
--Carol Goodman, author of "The Lake of Dead Languages"
"What a group portrait! Theresa Rebeck shows the picture vividly,
proofs and final print alike. And boy does she broadcast the
music-chorus and arias-of "Three Girls and Their Brother," The
brother, Philip, begins the story and I was rooting for him from
his first words, the sound of a kid with whom Holden Caulfield
would like to pal around. So when Amelia, the youngest of the three
gorgeous sisters, took over the narrative, I was bummed. Needn't
have been: She does her own daring riff and it's right on the
money. And on the money are her two older sisters, Polly and Daria
having had their perspectives and styles enriched by all that comes
before. I loved reading this novel! I've decided, having read it,
that I'd rather not be a celebrity after all. Spread the word."
--Geoffrey Wolff, acclaimed author and Professor Emeritus of
English at the University of California--Irvine
"I love this novel. It is smart and funny and impossible to put
down. From the fantasy world of models to the agents, the managers,
the press and the predators who sell these girls through the media,
Rebeck creates a moving story of three gorgeous sisters and what
happens when fame, unexpectedly, comes to call. This dazzling novel
lets us eavesdrop on these beauties who find a way to stay alive in
the limelight. You will never look at a fashion photo in the same
way again."
--Marsha Norman, author of the Pulitzer Prize--winning play 'Night,
Mother
"Four teenage siblings, suddenly spotlit by fame, are forced to
take responsibility when the grownups intheir lives offer
inadequate guidance. Playwright Rebeck's first novel is a wickedly
enjoyable expose of modern celebrity; the cruel power wielded by
fashionistas, PR minders, agents, paparazzi, Hollywood stars and
entourages; and above all the perils of becoming an overexposed
young star. It's the Heller sisters' red hair (and their famous
grandfather's reputation) that first gets them noticed. After
"insanely beautiful" Daria, Polly and Amelia (18, 17 and 14
respectively) are photographed for the New Yorker, they are dubbed
the next big thing. Soon the snowball of fame is gathering speed,
but Amelia nearly derails it when she bites an aging, lecherous
movie action hero who gropes her at the W bar. An apology on Regis
and Kelly smoothes things over, and the show is back on the road,
with modeling shoots for "Elle, Vogue "and "Glamour," Then Amelia
is invited to appear in an off-Broadway play, which renders her
more famous and more vulnerable than her sisters. The fourth
sibling is Philip, whose protectiveness toward Amelia gets him
expelled from their Brooklyn home and sent to live with their
divorced father. The siblings take turns narrating the story, and
Rebeck's dramatic skills are evident in the youthful, often profane
voices. A farcical shootout of a conclusion in a chic hotel, with
the brother and sisters trying to save Amelia's virtue, drives home
the book's message: The desire to be famous is a contagious disease
of infinite proportions. A timely and entertaining modern morality
tale."
--Kirkus
"This snappy, scathing novel from the acclaimed playwright follows
the trio of gorgeous Heller sisters who get famous and become
darlings of the fashionista set -- until theiryouthful world
hilariously implodes."
--"More" magazine
"Four teenage siblings, suddenly spotlit by fame, are forced to
take responsibility when the grownups in their lives offer
inadequate guidance. Playwright Rebeck's first novel is a wickedly
enjoyable expose of modern celebrity; the cruel power wielded by
fashionistas, PR minders, agents, paparazzi, Hollywood stars and
entourages; and above all the perils of becoming an overexposed
young star. It's the Heller sisters' red hair (and their famous
grandfather's reputation) that first gets them noticed. After
"insanely beautiful" Daria, Polly and Amelia (18, 17 and 14
respectively) are photographed for the New Yorker, they are dubbed
the next big thing. Soon the snowball of fame is gathering speed,
but Amelia nearly derails it when she bites an aging, lecherous
movie action hero who gropes her at the W bar. An apology on Regis
and Kelly smoothes things over, and the show is back on the road,
with modeling shoots for "Elle, Vogue "and "Glamour," Then Amelia
is invited to appear in an off-Broadway play, which renders her
more famous and more vulnerable than her sisters. The fourth
sibling is Philip, whose protectiveness toward Amelia gets him
expelled from their Brooklyn home and sent to live with their
divorced father. The siblings take turns narrating the story, and
Rebeck's dramatic skills are evident in the youthful, often profane
voices. A farcical shootout of a conclusion in a chic hotel, with
the brother and sisters trying to save Amelia's virtue, drives home
the book's message: The desire to be famous is a contagious disease
of infinite proportions. A timely and entertaining modern morality
tale."
--Kirkus
"A deliciously wicked satire."
--"People" (4 out of 4 stars)
"Hilarious first novel...Rebeck shines when Amelia gets cast in a
ridiculous off-Broadway play...her insider's look at the theatre
world is spot on and uproarious."
--"Publishers Weekly
""A wickedly enjoyable expose of modern celebrity."
--"Kirkus" (starred review)
"Playwright Theresa Rebeck is known for black comedy and
hyper-intelligent heroines, and both figure in her first novel,"
Three Girls and Their Brother" -- a fizzy satire of celeb-obsessed
NYC about flame-haired teenage sisters who get photographed for The
New Yorker and soon become megastars."
--"Entertainment Weekly" (A-)
"Drawing on her rich understanding of the Darwinist...Rebeck
delivers a crackling expose so dead-on it's arguably closer to
social realism than satire."
--"Vogue
""This snappy, scathing novel from the acclaimed playwright follows
the trio of gorgeous Heller sisters who get famous and become
darlings of the fashionista set - until their youthful world
hilariously implodes."
--"More Magazine
""In her first novel, playwright Theresa Rebeck satirizes the
publicity-driven world of instant celebrity." Three Girls and Their
Brother" is pointed and funny, an entertaining, cautionary story
about the powerful and the preyed upon."
--"Boston Globe
""I was charmed - and I won't be the last."
--"The New York Observer
""With wry humor and sharply observant prose, Rebeck lands one
roundhouse punch after another in this supremely gratifying
takedown of show-biz politics."
--"Booklist
""In her funny and well-observed first novel, award-winning
Broadway playwright Rebeck ("Omnium Gatherum;Mauritius") weighs in
on the peculiarity and absurdity of fame in modern America."
--"Library Journal
""Given her background as a playwright, it is not surprising that
she is able to create convincing, distinctive voices for
teenagers...Rebeck undercuts the fun with darker points about
celebrity culture - particularly the damage caused by the media's
sexualization of young girls."
--"Associated Press
"
"An experienced playwright who has also toiled in the television
industry, Ms. Rebeck has intimate knowledge of the pathologies bred
in smart, seemingly well-adjusted men and women by the surreal
polarities of success and failure."
--"New York Times"
""Three Girls and Their Brother" is a brilliant fiction debut.
Rebeck weaves such an atmosphere of excitement and turmoil. I felt
genuinely close to these characters-all three sisters and their
brother. The insider's look at the life of young models and the way
instant success can upend everything resonates in hilarious and
heartbreaking ways. I found it impossible to put this book
down."
--Carol Goodman, author of "The Lake of Dead Languages"
"What a group portrait! Theresa Rebeck shows the picture vividly,
proofs and final print alike. And boy does she broadcast the
music-chorus and arias-of "Three Girls and Their Brother," The
brother, Philip, begins the story and I was rooting for him from
his first words, the sound of a kid with whom Holden Caulfield
would like to pal around. So when Amelia, the youngest of the three
gorgeous sisters, took over the narrative, I was bummed. Needn't
have been: She does her own daring riff and it's right on the
money. And on the money are her two older sisters, Polly andDaria
having had their perspectives and styles enriched by all that comes
before. I loved reading this novel! I've decided, having read it,
that I'd rather not be a celebrity after all. Spread the word."
--Geoffrey Wolff, acclaimed author and Professor Emeritus of
English at the University of California--Irvine
"I love this novel. It is smart and funny and impossible to put
down. From the fantasy world of models to the agents, the managers,
the press and the predators who sell these girls through the media,
Rebeck creates a moving story of three gorgeous sisters and what
happens when fame, unexpectedly, comes to call. This dazzling novel
lets us eavesdrop on these beauties who find a way to stay alive in
the limelight. You will never look at a fashion photo in the same
way again."
--Marsha Norman, author of the Pulitzer Prize--winning play 'Night,
Mother
"An experienced playwright who has also toiled in the television
industry, Ms. Rebeck has intimate knowledge of the pathologies bred
in smart, seemingly well-adjusted men and women by the surreal
polarities of success and failure."
--New York Times
"In her first novel, playwright Theresa Rebeck satirizes the
publicity-driven world of instant celebrity. "Three Girls and Their
Brother" is pointed and funny, an entertaining, cautionary story
about the powerful and the preyed upon. The trouble begins when The
New Yorker runs a glamorous photograph of three beautiful
red-haired teenagers, granddaughters of the renowned late literary
critic Leo Heller. Daria, 18, an aspiring model, is thrilled.
Polly, 17, is caught up in the excitement. Amelia, 14, resists. She
just wants to do her homework and practice the piano. But she's
pushed into public life by the girls' ambitious, feckless mother, a
former Miss Tennessee, and by Colette, a voracious agent who takes
over their lives. The novel is narrated in segments, from the
separate points of view of each sister and their overlooked
brother, Philip, 15. Rebeck creates convincing, different voices
for all the siblings."
--"Boston Globe
""In her first novel, playwright and screenwriter Theresa Rebeck
skewers paparazzi culture and our national obsession with the
hookups and breakdowns of the young and the beautiful."
--Association Press
""Three Girls and Their Brother" is a brilliant fiction debut.
Rebeck weaves such an atmosphere of excitement and turmoil. I felt
genuinely close to these characters-all three sisters and their
brother. The insider's look at the life of young models and the way
instant success can upend everythingresonates in hilarious and
heartbreaking ways. I found it impossible to put this book
down."
--Carol Goodman, author of "The Lake of Dead Languages"
"What a group portrait! Theresa Rebeck shows the picture vividly,
proofs and final print alike. And boy does she broadcast the
music-chorus and arias-of "Three Girls and Their Brother," The
brother, Philip, begins the story and I was rooting for him from
his first words, the sound of a kid with whom Holden Caulfield
would like to pal around. So when Amelia, the youngest of the three
gorgeous sisters, took over the narrative, I was bummed. Needn't
have been: She does her own daring riff and it's right on the
money. And on the money are her two older sisters, Polly and Daria
having had their perspectives and styles enriched by all that comes
before. I loved reading this novel! I've decided, having read it,
that I'd rather not be a celebrity after all. Spread the word."
--Geoffrey Wolff, acclaimed author and Professor Emeritus of
English at the University of California--Irvine
"I love this novel. It is smart and funny and impossible to put
down. From the fantasy world of models to the agents, the managers,
the press and the predators who sell these girls through the media,
Rebeck creates a moving story of three gorgeous sisters and what
happens when fame, unexpectedly, comes to call. This dazzling novel
lets us eavesdrop on these beauties who find a way to stay alive in
the limelight. You will never look at a fashion photo in the same
way again."
--Marsha Norman, author of the Pulitzer Prize--winning play 'Night,
Mother
"Four teenage siblings, suddenly spotlit by fame, are forced to
take responsibility when the grownups intheir lives offer
inadequate guidance. Playwright Rebeck's first novel is a wickedly
enjoyable expose of modern celebrity; the cruel power wielded by
fashionistas, PR minders, agents, paparazzi, Hollywood stars and
entourages; and above all the perils of becoming an overexposed
young star. It's the Heller sisters' red hair (and their famous
grandfather's reputation) that first gets them noticed. After
"insanely beautiful" Daria, Polly and Amelia (18, 17 and 14
respectively) are photographed for the New Yorker, they are dubbed
the next big thing. Soon the snowball of fame is gathering speed,
but Amelia nearly derails it when she bites an aging, lecherous
movie action hero who gropes her at the W bar. An apology on Regis
and Kelly smoothes things over, and the show is back on the road,
with modeling shoots for "Elle, Vogue "and "Glamour," Then Amelia
is invited to appear in an off-Broadway play, which renders her
more famous and more vulnerable than her sisters. The fourth
sibling is Philip, whose protectiveness toward Amelia gets him
expelled from their Brooklyn home and sent to live with their
divorced father. The siblings take turns narrating the story, and
Rebeck's dramatic skills are evident in the youthful, often profane
voices. A farcical shootout of a conclusion in a chic hotel, with
the brother and sisters trying to save Amelia's virtue, drives home
the book's message: The desire to be famous is a contagious disease
of infinite proportions. A timely and entertaining modern morality
tale."
--Kirkus
"This snappy, scathing novel from the acclaimed playwright follows
the trio of gorgeous Heller sisters who get famous and become
darlings of the fashionista set -- until theiryouthful world
hilariously implodes."
--"More" magazine
"Four teenage siblings, suddenly spotlit by fame, are forced to
take responsibility when the grownups in their lives offer
inadequate guidance. Playwright Rebeck's first novel is a wickedly
enjoyable expose of modern celebrity; the cruel power wielded by
fashionistas, PR minders, agents, paparazzi, Hollywood stars and
entourages; and above all the perils of becoming an overexposed
young star. It's the Heller sisters' red hair (and their famous
grandfather's reputation) that first gets them noticed. After
"insanely beautiful" Daria, Polly and Amelia (18, 17 and 14
respectively) are photographed for the New Yorker, they are dubbed
the next big thing. Soon the snowball of fame is gathering speed,
but Amelia nearly derails it when she bites an aging, lecherous
movie action hero who gropes her at the W bar. An apology on Regis
and Kelly smoothes things over, and the show is back on the road,
with modeling shoots for "Elle, Vogue "and "Glamour," Then Amelia
is invited to appear in an off-Broadway play, which renders her
more famous and more vulnerable than her sisters. The fourth
sibling is Philip, whose protectiveness toward Amelia gets him
expelled from their Brooklyn home and sent to live with their
divorced father. The siblings take turns narrating the story, and
Rebeck's dramatic skills are evident in the youthful, often profane
voices. A farcical shootout of a conclusion in a chic hotel, with
the brother and sisters trying to save Amelia's virtue, drives home
the book's message: The desire to be famous is a contagious disease
of infinite proportions. A timely and entertaining modern morality
tale."
--Kirkus
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