Taylor Jenkins Reid is the author of Malibu Rising and also The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo which I read a few months ago. This story is set, obviously, in Malibu, California. The Riva family lived in Malibu when it was a small town. June grew up in Malibu and she helped her parents run the seafood restaurant where all the food was fried. The restaurant barely made ends meet and the work was hard. June wanted more to life than working in that restaurant. When she met Mick Riva she thought she could escape Malibu with him. Mick Riva had plans to become a famous singer. The story takes place in one 24 hour period in the lives of the four children of Mick and June. At the end of summer Nina Riva, the eldest of the four children, holds a party at her home. Although the book started in the 1960's the party happens in the 1980's. I enjoyed reading about the four siblings who are there for each other in good times and bad.
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