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03176aam a22005178i 4500 001 539ABEE4F9F811EDB1C0740753ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230524010041 008 220721t20232023nyu e 000 1 eng 010 $a 2022034361 020 $a 0063278812 020 $a 9780063278813 035 $a (OCoLC)1341437721 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d KTP $d RNL $d CO2 $d IJ5 $d JIU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a nwtr--- 100 1 $a Mc Ivor, Breanne. 245 14 $a The god of good looks / $c Breanne Mc Ivor. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b William Morrow, $c [2023] 300 $a 371 pages ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "Bianca Bridge has always dreamed of becoming a writer. But Trididadian society can be unforgiving, and having an affair with a married government official is a surefire way to ruin your prospects. So when Obadiah Cortland, a notoriously tyrannical entrepreneur in the island's beauty scene, offers her a job, Bianca accepts, realizing that working on his magazine is the closest to her dreams she'll get. As Bianca begins to embrace her power and creative voice, she starts to suspect Obadiah is not the elite tyrant he seems. She's right. Born in one of the poorest parts of Trinidad, Obadiah has clawed part-way up society's ladder and built his company around his meticulously crafted persona. Now he's not about to let anyone, especially Bianca, see past his facade. When Bianca's ex-lover threatens everything she's rebuilt, jeopardizing all she's come to love about her new life, she's surprised to find support from the most unlikely ally and, finally, draws the strength to fight back like her mother taught her. Sharp witted and fiercely fun, The God of Good Looks alternates between Bianca's diary entries and Obadiah's first person narrative to portray modern Trinidad's rigid class barriers and the fraught impact of beauty commodification. Boisterous, moving, and full of meaty, universally relatable questions, Mc Ivor's sparking debut is an openhearted awakening tale about prejudice and pride, the masks we wear, and who we can become if we dare to take them off."--Dust cover. 650 0 $a Clothing trade $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Cosmetics industry $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Young women $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Adultery $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Poor $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Secrecy $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Prejudices $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Businesspeople $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Trinidad $x Social life and customs $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Trinidad $x Economic conditions $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Psychological fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 9 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305022853.0 952 $l VKPE334 $d 20231128010928.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20231121010748.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230713113837.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011620.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230706010441.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230621011147.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230603010108.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230524010435.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=539ABEE4F9F811EDB1C0740753ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search