Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Miss America: A Novel
Miss America: A Novel
Miss America: A Novel
Ebook317 pages5 hours

Miss America: A Novel

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

3/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

A former pageant queen struggles with the realities of life off the runway in a novel “reminiscent of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Beautiful and the Damned” (The State News, Lansing).
  After being crowned Miss America a decade ago, Cathy Forester has been in some glamorous settings—but she has little to show for it. She’s endured a string of failed loves, a divorce, and the death of her parents. Restless by temperament, Cathy thinks she may have found a new life with a younger man, Peter Shaw. Peter is the son of a famous musician and is still battling to come into his own. Smitten by Cathy’s beauty, he jumps at the chance to step out of his father’s shadow. Together, the pair finds solace from the outside world, but have their frailties really disappeared? Ringing with authentic intimacy, Miss America is a powerful study of disenchanted love.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 24, 2013
ISBN9781480444157
Miss America: A Novel
Author

Daniel Stern

Daniel Stern is director of operations at an entrepreneurial company, a screenwriter who placed in the top four in Project Greenlight, and was a Sundance Lab screenwriting finalist. He lives in Los Angeles.

Read more from Daniel Stern

Related authors

Related to Miss America

Related ebooks

Psychological Fiction For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Miss America

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5

1 rating0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Miss America - Daniel Stern

    (ebook_preview_excerpt.html|ݎF`Nmؐm2ܚϘ,2nYb]*_!f_`ڇO眈LZ,0cuU'32~N//4/ǡs>}x~w|~%!T!LUR˫SM}bvU⛦_zc_!M oyUBWgW?LmUqcTCxn>|cuZLb8b O-ƾ^sx եoyV֏~|P5կw__Owo>ܿ{PaZ~lհӧ&I =` 7H#>M>GoCZ*&_)|>u.B:sTsIa9&x=n9m p 3ԅ>ר*v\- +4 G*'unCpnB> Ч6X*UAr.dºǕ|>ШP<<WW=ua^* /rV9f8-uq M<Kwelx8uG Ta}O}M e> x.$vhʦ@OmRjHwűk1R<2p)OtuK;NeSaA+~/(mySNX׆cm׆Q;ƲW uЊdջ6%8U'U>Ʊa8,d~t&#<8`x;?WK@LRa瓹<0`K c$1C:oH26H/Ў%׉$-B: SaNkaEH>>ŵ$|0Cگ4"{ZaCy\RJecDbqGh5m#_IWv/\ ‘=|_d SϺ{ESeR2vlЌ)s)k?ΐrX`u4ls^i]q఍o&=7K@O@u1;u%NDDdFHs WrL m/Hp1<3CZ{pD(l,?dBƧ&1FTGUVД ٺHO ;+?9GKe$sUJ}DwY;OJDh9bCo-=l* 8Rۓm!|3[wXT |fHmn,z)Ÿ!7~+yn$sퟆBGjxs|x.(_J{,p.a McxXkLI(l|-%)B8\_S?*8c|i8ey%|d@ ϛ7s˚\Ax9,@V#4qkCs6fDC*:?RԚ0#J|063\KSG(0i=$,HX.E{4 gO's{g3t;dABa8k.)u՘_[?w8?\| ȐT';~gc(jnxm?#x~s7˫gFGؓBsE$t6\tnwQS͖nGB1|ji#3+a!<@l4]B}oګXEV>W3DZQr(;W2RmbYkz9fH>J|8c]In[pSUHPǫD;h $vR ¤KRr%Eё.{ #9G#zDj%ܖ2x1(Ew`no :v4Ƚcɦ_Q!DȔhX« ~t\!2_YG=UАsgUZeKJle^pL/y0\ )ԉI5[ET gczaQA1 3 BĽ8;.Ltֹւ^08*'*dRv@XߋV*iM)(uܟ8nַy~2Ǩwjhi c-;8 'OeX)O^x`z+3Q e] k1JfI2{$ .uRSxiHt *F`@|F+ #i^2s]ME~HNN⃌-l0Mz<dHc-϶SYQcT#z;`!yxz¤@"u'܏JG -ʧ*aյ""Ynb}B0sVGC }t4;N*AΞ!mʭސ,WI}YQL7l'S7>ZFwlEg4=[Eb7Uv Zr/#I ZT?\l5f}s0%]`olt.b ˆ_+q:n!IԃafGkN^;"|j<5z  T* gN6\dL,bc7c]:Ȇ,8GPt=MQfg%nYqa}ܣ<*#J!kxeKSBLf ji`፱E6t$o$ !1 ؽ~;M.JC䶖V|'ru4$$2W!%\%Z!w>Fq%|CdMQ/,\sR‰cDkJl7BWQ$Va=h\h^"{'8̽^Ztdl) Gn{ ?9N[R;IZZ Uህ}l)G27ۋQ@}C6{O&G 1HW@AEbKQp)dgh¾- nFwv0讼8cG*UH dAao:f<1O i.0m󻝄%eP&XzJى؜h- ]Im"s*{t)flW}Z ;r7afgb%V w۞QB"6^ǣ@wb; ['gJlTlqg#9ZBȁzA$^ʽ²!Ghza_W44^''COkfnxPY^0 W91m} '/ b~h:flK#I!46$!-G+.S"ʕݶd.bb)?P8n[!V/~1uj/lpPêx>U/ԧ/?NwaD;K.2ٙ0fE}^h]]΋k5V{QG&5; ;RJ|]0C7Ҳ$MBV^1~ N0q7F@&>HѝY ;vs;f g1Ӟ";=? y k~Ȣ=bf xҦ&⧬mQA7Z_]@qѳNnV^CO?r:{͡470 Mu}LXZz '9E, 7F`~ "^}YS&4YYRYĒ0SwZ:E.i2ۑ lƛ̛D֎q3KG R8tb9GA:'Zwqr)H2L"vlF -<0p4ɥfq쭌]Żwd=R6px #B>^*fۻZgݣ*Y+;'HT<]>- lq4Z,c>3ZW{8(ֽ~4e_PەX 2fPۤdq"زJr^/tЪ}4;m}2$cd1M8\!@.őy_nT7S9osP 쭚-XK;ۂW(J-|dzAþ[ZXϽC9A^>Ni)MRӏ_S<916= j)J= 5\%$cr}nNq>:cJf|R؛u1I ! +P}-;\'}@GHve2 ]T7U`,JښV0Qk_ef6{6E1Mi`,˲[8iիhY#S汴 (؉[=B+B5 f}Ny޷Q|1Ӧ&;+j.wW?X(3e'eD h,x4 ML:n ˹ɣ;-RG ]4MF%\RG"|1"TXu8\'HM~~Z2S~y2;~%ijeixp5n2RTM+Dz|< G[ ޕl5-^)NxZI!SҦ=.+6hRL/IZPKArDB:NIثPb섶Nk$ )q(vYHO´cisp"_3@$oQRcYBf,&7 ھ BjI`!9d%)tk] kٜ5W0OڊVP^܍: mUL}F/wrӮD}{ણO>v\O*NѤ|thZ ,ssB>1ȥadC~K}=a~osZAPҁ?̈/b,G^ֵ~&7d52Te!d,PQQoO|rĖְUe.ۑ|9Mj1CDiΑ[8Yٮ60ÄWX9*1kڱx-[B.;'e(rhS^ͥs{p l΄^kއSMp 5I[0EPr)T[MԱkwxOvX- ;WpbZTvV+x,:eOT.a;uM[128" ߑ ˃mn1uPim%Rrp]־'mB-{I/bD "sS-&,q;")vLkU]*;m-k ~p5jʼnq._^6V!b(2K)c Ùg pzUx%%eh[ήnjiFsYy |bB$z6q @y|㨮r!٣;)+\fzd|&tO+mMJpUxSMN׎%PaV^5(۞Jxg8&uβbz['ۥC~4j UѝʖSeI8r#Of{U`o"aGda%d9=.O=ZX6;:,I0>09(NPS7 ӹՆ}_[7[Ťb6m:xzv&X7ƥT >\|?D2%=^ּyKJ\4ٱو-hl"F~[t r @`{]^&:Z>碶}ud:{ Hm$?c|] 6~ [KìJwp%A½CtEQ}蚗Pf<-iWRhVd##2k.cX'\ \vԮ6\ғ-OmPĝC`܎Xz xA^6k-v9c>Odhú[j=>~>jg0Pvgɤ>Ir@7䑴"[aۃa4g/Z`ǽ +%n>sqQ16>ycd)ZFOTjP3mlnʥə c䝳VV'C,u&1<*g+[Sʦ"+>H嬍zȜƳ7?4B!$nQEpX7ò0ˣrXeuEq1i`#\FӌC{/S7wջ%6;7)l״$[v!O>߻)SX+#os:bs+Ok ށ̼q `E?2'8w1j,imx'֣$#_y.ύFa60S>>|_sZ0ǭL'z?x:i_@^}-ʸ\Es' {PY'pZʨjV{Sq1=BJkKkҰ&ݍ-:y 'WD3p'  !O׍2ّ<L^y̧''ЕȐni 陥.ue>˙[fqnT(<x/&G[c0ɒٻf^c `Y 9K <>ӟ."5YbZ9yv9F U-tfvL̽)~|d[ѕSd;\JL6ƥau%Ur1?a$ \?clhTbfέĿ5kt ._mAdo&7QIuqa:>N>GtuQY65)[7K!W eR9zȡ8vޅ0=>+/!z>,oCZg%vxkl.}~DXz'jki;-kQ~缩U'JV}_r=eOۚm<<Sv{ګPZFt+[9OQD%U@CuLvjz W^яY#2s<KjOuu/E]F<b\o9` `~5pRQ6JK( >xķ KP{)7ւj\ʡz3f> b f(~[t¶oYv@fmY[6 ?׸\ @vz(h gj?diэ"xNoKǻ&_n Z. R{z?R O֙Xz!΁܎Z\4dBC )v#?@y wÔOh\qxx cLѾrK[#OfH#e^`@q~sV|!R+ZUYH1fVhc \;c!XaL`C_[Xwb@h*_4yzbA6aLh
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1