The Year of Living Famously

Laura Caldwell. Red Dress Ink, $12.95 (328pp) ISBN 978-0-373-25075-2

A fashion designer struggles to cope with second-hand fame when she marries a hot young movie star in Laura Caldwell's The Year of Living Famously. Kyra Felis's whirlwind romance with Irish actor Declan Kenna begins after a brief encounter at a Las Vegas casino. At first, Kyra loves the glamour, but as Declan's star rises, they're besieged by armies of paparazzi. Can love survive the flashbulb frenzy? Caldwell's probing of the downside of fame doesn't go very deep, but insider dish will satisfy People readers. .

Featured Fiction Reviews

Joseph Earl Thomas

The magnificent first novel from Thomas (Sink, a memoir) centers on an Iraq War veteran who works in a Philadelphia emergency room. Joey, who grew up in poverty, relies on Continue reading »

Briony Cameron

Cameron debuts with an exciting and multidimensional story inspired by the women pirates who sailed the Caribbean in the 17th century. Jacquotte Delahaye, who is of Haitian and Continue reading »

Marcela Fuentes

Fuentes debuts with the astonishing story of two malas, or women who challenge traditional Mexican gender norms. The year is 1951 and Pilar Aguirre, who is eight months pregnant Continue reading »

Scott Preston

Preston’s blistering debut takes place in the farthest reaches of northern England, on “cloud-eaten” fells battered by wind and inhabited mostly by sheep. There’s nothing much Continue reading »