This is a story set in NYC. It centers on a controversial photo taken of a young girl in 1977. Author Tammy (T) Greenwood tells the story through the eyes of this child model and actress who’s all grown up today with a daughter of her own. There is a striking generational mother daughter story here too, so that’s where we begin talking about the novel Such a Pretty Girl.

You'll hear an excerpt from the audiobook set in the Westbeth artist community in NY (which was a real place we’ll talk more about). In the section of the audiobook we are featuring, you’re with the main character Ryan when she’s a child. And, your guide is narrator Mara Wilson - who herself is known for film acting rolls from her childhood. She was Natalie in Mrs. Doubtfire in 1993, and she played the lead role in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda in 1996. Today she is a stage actress, a voice artist, a writer, and a playwright.

I hope you enjoyed meeting Tammy and talking about the '70's and motherhood and art as much as I did. I hope you got lost in Mara Wilson’s narration - that hearing a few minutes of the audiobook for Such a Pretty Girl left you wanting more.

Thanks to Kensington Press for making this episode possible.

Kensington generously provides Desideratum listeners the discount code DP20 to save 20 percent across their incredible library - you just enter DP20 at checkout at Kensingtonbooks.com

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You can find more about T. Greenwood’s other novels on her website: https://www.tgreenwood.com/

As always, thank you for listening.

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