Literary fiction about the teenage daughter of a politician who falls in love with a rock musician. Politics, fame, family secrets mix in a tragic romance that spans the life of Beck Lyons.

In 1960s Northern Virginia, the daughter of the Senate Majority Leader struggles to come to terms with the death of her mother and brother. She is expected to embody virtue and maintain a pristine reputation, but yearns for “a boyfriend, to be a normal girl.”

Beck's exploration of the “rush of independence and teenage freedom” with a garage band boyfriend and her reckless step-sister ends in disaster and lies to protect her father's reputation.

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