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Malibu Rising

by Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2021

Literary Fiction · ranked #82 in category

Four siblings — Nina, Jay, Hud and Kit Riva, children of a famous but absent surf musician — come together for the annual party at Nina's Malibu house in August 1983. As the night unfolds, Reid weaves back through the family's history to show how they got here. A novel about celebrity, abandonment and the summer a world ends.

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Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2021 · 2020s
Author
Taylor Jenkins Reid
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