Life echoes art in this sassy, heartwrenching coming-of-age story from
the author of Imaginary Girls.
It's summer and Dani Callanzano has been abandoned by everyone she
knows. Her dad moved out, her mom is all preoccupied being
broken-hearted, and her closest friend just moved away. Basically it's
the end of the world.
At least she has the Little Art, her favorite local arthouse movie
theater. Dani loves all the old black-and-white noir thrillers with
their damsels in distress and their low camera angles. It also doesn't
hurt that Jackson, the guy who works the projection reel, is super cute
and nice and funny. And completely off-limits, of course--he's Dani's
friend's boyfriend, and they are totally, utterly perfect together.
But one day, Dani stumbles across a shocking secret about Jackson--a
secret too terrible for her to keep. She finds herself caught in the
middle of a love triangle with enough drama to rival the noir-est film
noir she's ever seen.