Synopses & Reviews
“Funny, fresh, and heartbreakingly poignant, this book had me laughing and crying at the same time.”
—Meg Cabot, author of
The Princess Diaries series and
Insatiable“I read The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus and I saw the light and the mirror and fell under Sonya Sones spell.”
— Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean
“Wallpaper a room with the pages of The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus. It will be your favorite place. The room you come back to again and again, year after year.”
—Ilene Beckerman, author of Love, Loss, and What I Wore
Celebrated YA novelist Sonya Sones makes a HUGE splash with her first adult novel, The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus, spinning a funny, fierce, and piercingly honest coming-of-middle-age story about falling apart and putting yourself back together. Nora Ephrons I Feel Bad About My Neck meets Elizabeth Berg—boldly original and endlessly enthralling—The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus is a luminous, brilliantly told story of life, marriage, and parenthood that you will not soon forget.
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“Wallpaper a room with the pages of The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus. It will be your favorite place. The room you come back to again and again, year after year.” Ilene Beckerman, author of < i=""> Love, Loss, and What I Wore <>
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“An elderly, ailing parent. A child about the fly the nest. Menopause. Tensions in a longtime marriage. . . . These are familiar midlife issues, but poetrys sharp focus enables Sones to keep them fresh . . . [as she] expertly juggles humor and pathos. . . . Marvelous.” AARP
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“Funny, fresh, and heartbreakingly poignant, this book had me laughing and crying at the same time. Thank you, Sonya Sones, for finally saying what so many of us have been thinking for so long.” Meg Cabot, author of < i=""> The Princess Diaries <> series and < i=""> Insatiable <>
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“Every page of Sonya Soness novel-in-verse is brimming with wit, warmth, and wisdom. Youll want to share this relatable and revelatory story about growing old ‘disgracefully with every mother and daughter you know.” Megan McCafferty, author of the Jessica Darling series
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“If you told me Id laugh and cry in the nail salon over a novel in VERSE . . . Id have said that you were mad. Then I read The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus and I saw the light and fell under Sonya Sones spell.” Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of < i=""> The Deep End of the Ocean <>
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“An achingly honest, brilliantly crafted examination of midlife. An absolute joy to read.” Tish Cohen, author of < i=""> The Truth About Delilah Blue <> and < i=""> Inside Out Girl <>
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“Somewhere between Nora Ephron and Jennifer Weiner, Sones recounts the little ouches of aging with a perfect blend of wit and tenderness. . . . This is what chick lit should want to be when it grows up--wise, funny, and blunt.” < i=""> Library Journal <>
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“[An] entertaining novel-in-verse that will have readers clamoring for more. Sones, a beloved and wildly popular YA novelist, brings poetry to life for readers, especially parents of teens and those coping with elder care, in this cleverly versified, insightful laughter-and-tears novel.” < i=""> Booklist <>
Synopsis
My name is Holly.
This story is about me—
a writer who's way behind
on her deadline.
But, honestly,
how can I concentrate on my work
when my fiftieth birthday's
rushing at me like a freight train,
my hormones are making me feel
like a Szechuan flambé,
and my eighty-year-old mother's
biting her nurses?
Not to mention the fact that my daughter's
just begun applying to colleges
(none of which are within
a thousand-mile radius of home),
and lately my husband's been
such an irritating, finger-pointing stinker
that I've found myself dreaming of ways
to spend his insurance money . . .
My name is Holly.
This book
tells my story—
a coming-of-middle-age story.
About the Author
As a teenager Sonya Sones spent hours pouring her private thoughts and feelings into journals. Her passion for writing, drawing, and photography led her to begin making animated films when she was seventeen. She studied filmmaking in college, and went on to teach animation, make films for public television, and edit movies in Hollywood. She lives with her husband and two children near the beach in California. Stop Pretendingis her first book.