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Astrid Sees All: A Novel Audiobook
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New York’s last bohemia—the glittering, decadent downtown club scene of the 1980s—is the setting for this winning novel about a smart, vulnerable young woman taking a deep dive into her dark side
New York, 1984. Twenty-two-year-old Phoebe Hayes is a young woman in search of excitement and adventure. But the recent death of her father has so devastated her that her mother wants her to remain home in Baltimore to recover. Phoebe wants to return to New York, not only to chase the glamorous life she so desperately craves but also to confront Ivan, the older man who painfully wronged her.
With her best friend Carmen, she escapes to the East Village, disappearing into an underworld haunted by artists, It Girls, and lost souls trying to party their pain away. Carmen juggles her junkie-poet boyfriend and a sexy painter while, as Astrid the Star Girl, Phoebe tells fortunes in a nightclub and plots her revenge on Ivan.
When the intoxicating brew of sex, drugs, and self-destruction leads Phoebe to betray her friend, Carmen disappears, and Phoebe begins an unstoppable descent into darkness. She may have a chance to save herself—and Carmen, if she can find her—but to do it she must face what’s hiding in the shadows she has been running from—within her heart and in the dangerous midnight streets.
A love letter to gritty 1980s New York City, Astrid Sees All is an irresistible, original novel about female friendship, sex, and romance and what it’s like to be a young woman searching for an identity.
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“A blast from the past, taking the reader back to the ratty Bohemia of the Lower East Side of the early ’80s…Standiford is the perfect tour guide for one young woman’s leap from the ivied halls of college into another, even more unreal world.”
— Stewart O’Nan, New York Times bestselling author
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“Guiding readers on a descent into clubland…with the gusto of a certain Musto.”
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“The author’s glee in evoking the zeitgeist of the 1980s is infectious…Smart details, lively digressions, and spot-on period snapshots.”
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“Standiford captures a beating, smoky world…There is page-turning plot aplenty here, dealing with the pains of grief, addiction, and simply growing up, all made endurable by love and friendship.”
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“Emily Tremaine narrates a quirky coming-of-age story…[and] her character portrayals are distinct and believable. In a youthful timbre and hesitant tone, she captures Phoebe’s struggles with identity and self-reliance.”
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“With shades of both Gatsby and Warhol, Standiford has created a vivid portrait of a seedy, edgy, artsy, and seething New York City that will never exist again.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author
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A Millions.com Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2021
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About Natalie Standiford
Natalie Standiford was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and studied Russian language and literature at Brown University and in the former Soviet Union. She has written many books for children and teens, including How to Say Goodbye in Robot; The Secret Tree; and Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters. Her book reviews and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Review of Books. She lives in New York City, where she occasionally plays bass in rock bands with other restless writers. Find out more at NatalieStandiford.com
About Emily Tremaine
Emily Tremaine is an actress and audiobook narrator. She has acted in several major motion pictures, including The Wolf of Wall Street and Obvious Child, and was one of the narrators featured on the audio version of Chuck Klosterman’s Eating the Dinosaur.