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A Valuable Girl

(2018)
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'Don't panic,' Cara's sister whispers. Cara's mind reels with possibilities. She is the 18-year-old daughter of a vastly wealthy political candidate who has won an easy primary but faces a tough senatorial fight in the short months ahead. Not shy in front of the cameras, and easy on the eye, Cara has become a favorite of the media and has done her father's campaign nothing but good in the polls.

Until now. Cara and her family are about to be swept up in the cruel modern world of Internet shaming and viral siege. Cara's private life is out there, permanently. Her father's campaign is looking to blame someone, to stanch the wound, to 'get ahead of the story.' Cara keeps her chin up in the face of this humiliation and its harmful effect on her father's fortunes, and enlists her sisters' and brother's help in tracking down the source of these scurrilous and destructive leaks.

Paul Micou is the author of eight novels, among them The Music Programme, The Death of David Debrizzi, The Leper's Bell, and a previous bestselling Kindle Single, 'How to Get Into Harvard.'

"Mr. Micou writes with an unfailing comic sense... He has a smart, brisk style... The book often is hilarious, and never less than engaging." - The Wall Street Journal

"Micou manages to hit many targets without losing the gentle freshness of the satire." - The Sunday Times

"Graceful, skillful, brilliant...doesn't begin to do justice to his gorgeous grasp of character and the crispness of his writing." - The Times


Genre: General Fiction

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