The Opposite of Hollywood, by Margo Perin
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When Tosca Ring is seven years old, she abruptly goes on vacation from her home in New York City to Cuernavaca, Mexico with her parents and six siblings during an FBI investigation into her father's Mafia dealings. From there, she is catapulted into a nomadic life marked by secrecy and false identities. Her father's criminality continues, and the family continues to go on vacation, often in the middle of the night, always without warning, through five countries and two continents. As they move, so, too, do Tosca's internal landscapes. Her life becomes a chain of shifting realities, linked by secrets and shaped by growing violence and deceptions. As Tosca grows into young adulthood, she fights back to discover her true identity. The Opposite of Hollywood is based on author Margo Perin's childhood.
The Opposite of Hollywood, by Margo Perin- Amazon Sales Rank: #2064414 in Books
- Brand: Whoa Nelly Press
- Published on: 2015-05-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.27" h x .72" w x 5.51" l, .88 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 312 pages
About the Author MARGO PERIN is the contributing editor of Only the Dead Can Kill: Stories from Jail and How I Learned to Cook & Other Writings on Complex Mother-Daughter Relationships and the poet of San Francisco's permanent memorial Spiral of Gratitude. A nominee for the Pushcart Prize, she has been featured in numerous national and international media, including O, The Oprah Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine, Mexico's El Petit Journal, Holland's Psycologie, Heyday/PEN's Fightin' Words, KRON 4 TV, NPR's Talk of the Nation, and KALW, KPFA, and WAMC.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Wow, what a story! By Susan Pena Margo Perin's gripping tale of Tosca Ring and her six siblings growing up with a father who is a professional con man, always on the lam, moving the entire family from New York to Mexico, to Nassau, and ultimately to London, and a mother who fails to intervene, even when he is finally dragged off by Interpol, is a testament to childhood resilience. Her unerring narrative voice makes the reader suspect that the book is more autobiographical than fictitious. If Ms. Perin experienced even half of the craziness and abuse described so convincingly in her debut novel, we can only be grateful that she used the experience, and her considerable skills as a writer, to give us such a good read. Don't miss it! Susan Pena
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: A Girl's Journey By Karen K. Lewis A gripping coming of age story. Our heroine, Tosca, finds a path of truth leading through a childhood maze of lies, deception, neglect. With lyrical prose, perfect plotting, and determined heart, The Opposite of Hollywood sings with cinematic intensity and hope. Highly recommended; joins the canon of other classics such as White Oleander, Catcher in the Rye, or This Boy's Life.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Honest and Courageous - A Good Read By PDX Author Some of the most interesting people are the product of upbringing and circumstance. The lives of people we've never met can be full of gripping stories, complete with the daily drama that unfolds in background. Ms. Perin's latest autobiographical novel is an honest and courageous presentation of a search for truth within one's own life. For me, the genre itself is interesting because it differs from a memoir in that the author chose not to claim the story as a 100% accurate presentation of events. That in itself lends more credibility to the story as I find most memoirs to be the author's ideal perception of self. In Perin's novel, names may have been changed, some details of locales and maybe even of events may have been slightly altered, but I'd venture to guess that most of what the author's main character, Tosca experienced throughout the story was largely based on fact and truth.Tosca Ring, is the 4th offspring in a family of 9. Tosca's mother was a movie and opera fanatic and named their children after movie stars and opera singers. The story opens with the Ring family living in NY City and for unknown reasons started taking holiday trips that turned into extended moves. Tosca and her siblings were in a constant state of adjusting to new schools, new rules, new friends and neighbors, all the while never able to disclose anything about her family situation. Her parents were secretive, irresponsible, and ultimately abusive toward their children. On the outside, the Ring family may very well have been perceived as mysterious, intriguing jet setters. However, the dreary and disturbed lives that each of children endured were amplified by the lack of attention and extreme treatment received from their parents. The story spans the most influential years of Tosca's life, from a young age until late teens.As an avid and curious reader I'm of the belief that authors are motivated to create and publish for a multitude of reasons. Perin may have written this novel in order to confront the naked truths of her own life. Beyond pure entertainment, my interpretation of the result was that Ms. Perin found peace by confronting the reality of her life in the process of sharing it with others. A review of the author's accomplishments as an artist, writer, and musician are a testimony to the possibility of overcoming family disfunction.Young adult readers/parents should be warned that some of the passages in this novel contain vulgar language, promiscuous situations, and violence. All of it felt genuine, honest and written with purpose. I came away with a realization that family disfunction and abuse can be a thin layer away from what most of us might see. I also came away reflecting on the resiliency of resourceful and hopeful individuals. Margo Perin - I suspect many readers will identify with Tosca and the lives of her sibs and maybe find peace in the knowledge that they are not alone.
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