Dedication - by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (Paperback)

About the Book

The bestselling authors of "The Nanny Diaries" and "Citizen Girl" have written a poignant, humorous tale about modern celebrity obsession, in this lively and hilarious tale of a smart young woman looking for satisfaction in the chaos of contemporary culture.

Book Synopsis

Kate Hollis's ex-boyfriend's face plasters newsstands and TV, the Internet, and the multiplex. Jake Sharpe is one of the biggest recording stars on the planet, and every song he's famous for is about Kate and their high school relationship. For more than a decade his soundtrack has chased her--from the gym to the supermarket, from the dentist's office to the bars. Now thirty-year-old Kate gets the call that Jake has finally landed back in their Vermont hometown for an MTV special. The moment she has been waiting for has arrived.

Dedication is a poignant, humorous tale about modern celebrity obsession and coming of age during the divorce boom. With flawless depictions of the 1980s, a charismatic heroine, and their signature biting wit, McLaughlin and Kraus offer up another lively and hilarious tale of a smart young woman looking for satisfaction in the chaos of contemporary culture.

Review Quotes

"Diabolically funny." -- The New York Times

"McLaughlin and Kraus deftly satirize post-feminist, postmodern, twenty-first-century America." -- Booklist

"McLaughlin and Kraus get the nagging need for closure comically right."

-- Publishers Weekly

"McLaughlin and Kraus have created an amazingly distinct voice...cynical and wry, but also compassionate." -- Newsday

"McLaughlin and Kraus...[have a] carefully calibrated sense of compassion and delicious sense of the absurd." -- Entertainment Weekly

"This third effort from McLaughlin and Kraus is spot on...a moving story. A bittersweet coming-of-age tale with flashes of wit and an especially sympathetic heroine."

-- Kirkus

"Wholly satisfying."

-- Booklist