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Idol Talk

Women Writers on the Teenage Infatuations That Changed Their Lives

Elizabeth Searle editor Tamra Wilson editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:12th Jun '18

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In the midst of acne, social anxiety and training bras are the teen idols that make adolescent life a little more bearable. Whether their cutouts are plastered on bedroom walls or hidden behind locker doors, there is no denying the impact of these stars on young women.

This collection of new essays explores with tenderness and humor the teen crushes of the past 60 years--from Elvis to John Lennon to Whitney Houston--who have influenced the choices of women, romantically or otherwise, well into adulthood.

Idol Talk offers fun, distinctly unique stories of the right-of-passage experience of celebrity ‘puppy love’ and celebrates how these crushes changed these former teenyboppers’ lives from a more mature perspective.”—Ann Moses, former editor of TIGER BEAT and author of Meow! My Groovy Life with TIGER BEAT’s Teen Idols.

  • Runner-up for Eric Hoffer Book Award 2019 (United States)

ISBN: 9781476669120

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm

Weight: 426g

252 pages