Bobby's Girl

Growing up in the Atlantic City of the early 60’s, the heroine of Bobby’s Girl intertwines her romantic fantasies of an intimate life with boyfriend Bobby Rydell, and herself as part of the in-crowd including Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, and Dick Clark against the backdrop of American Bandstand until it all but chokes off the reality of her drab, middle class existence. By learning to face the failures in her fantasies, she learns to deal with the challenges of her everyday life. Bobby’s Girl “…leaves the reader with the sensation of mental illness, helplessly spinning to a stack of 45s.” —Jill McCorkle, in the New York Times Book Review