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The First 50

By: Natascia Tornetta-Mallin
Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass
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Summary

A proudly humanist portrayal of sexual impulse and impropriety in the City of Angels, The First 50 is a chronological recapitulation of 50 erotic encounters that take place between the ages of 13 and 33. Columbine, 9/11, the Iraq War, and the Great Recession set the stage as a young woman navigates the ambient decadence that has long defined Los Angeles. From hot tubs in Santa Monica mansions to bar bathrooms on Venice street corners, this book inverts Bret Easton Ellis' Less Than Zero by replacing Gen X ennui with a Millennial zest for living. Meet "The First 50", but not the last....

©2021 Natascia Tornetta-Malin (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

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