Made Glorious

ISBN: 1536204676

Author: Eagar, Lindsay

Condition: New

In a vicious, delicious contemporary novel inspired by Shakespeares Richard III, thelauded author of The Family Fortuna lifts the curtain on a high school thespian wholl stop at nothing to land the lead.Rory is an antihero for the ages. Like Shakespeares Richard III, she confides in her audience, telling us exactly the lengths shell go to to secure the leading role in Bosworth Academys senior musical, confessing without shame that she is charming and conniving and brutally ambitious, that we will watch and root for her even as she manipulates and endangers those around her. And we do. Perhaps its because we dont want to believe that shes as relentless as she claims. Rory is an underdog, after all, a scholarship kid teased for her weight. Surely there will be redemption? Surely our dread and patience will be rewarded? Intricately plotted with an ingenious narrative that blends multiple viewpoints with script excerpts and an original musical score, Lindsay Eagars whip-smart, precision-crafted, and gleefully compulsive page-turner taps into the dark side of high school theater production. A diabolically good read, it forces our complicity as we wince and cheer for an arresting drama queen who just cant help going full-tilt nasty in the pursuit of her dreams.