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Hot Wax

2025400 pagesWildfire

Synopsis

In the summer of 1989, ten-year-old Suzanne is captivated by her father's rock and roll world. When her mother remarries, Suzanne seizes the opportunity to join her father's band, Gil and the Kills, on tour. However, the band's rise to fame is marred by internal conflict, leading to a violent event that Suzanne witnesses. Twenty-nine years later, haunted by the past, Suzanne leaves her quiet suburban life to seek answers, finding unexpected adventure and rediscovering herself on the road. But her husband's determination to bring her back home creates a desperate situation of its own.

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About the author

M. L. Rio is an author, but before she was an author she was an actor, and before she was an actor she was just a word nerd whose best friends were books. She holds an MA in Shakespeare Studies from King's College London and Shakespeare's Globe and a PhD in early modern English literature from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her first novel, <a href="https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20054906W" target="_blank">If we were Villains</a>, was published in April 2017 by Flatiron Books...

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SuzanneProtagonist
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