An NPR Best Book of 2014
A
Time
Top Ten Fiction Book of 2014
New York Times Book Review
Editors’ Choice
A BBC Top Ten Book of 2014
"Exquisite...As inspiring in its way as Patti Smith's memoir
Just Kids
."
—
Los Angeles Times
“Briskly addictive . . . Told in the voice of a female rock Ulysses.” —
O, the Oprah Magazine
“Marvelous . . . D’Erasmo conjures up the seedy, sexy spectacle of life on the road with amazing vividness, and fills in the inner life of a woman who has one last chance to get her voice heard.” —Lev Grossman,
Anna Brundage is a rock star. She was an overnight indie sensation, but lost her fame just as fast as she found it. Now forty-four, she pours everything into a comeback, selling her famous father’s art to finance an album and a European tour.
riveting look at the life of a musician and the moving story of a woman’s unconventional path,
Wonderland
is a glimpse of how it feels when a wish just might come true.
“Anna made me think of Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, mixed with a little bit of Janis.” —
Paste
“Richly interior . . . What makes Anna such a powerful narrator is her seductive desire to keep her options open.” —
Washington Post