Playing with Boys: A Novel

From the author of The Dirty Girls Social Club comes another fast funny soulful and sexy novel about friendship and love amid Latinas.. Its a jungle out there -- in Los Angeles that is where the tangle of freeways and ingrained insincerity can make a girl feel very alone no matter how fabulous the weather or how cute the clothes at the South Coast Plaza mall. With very different styles and attitudes Marcella Olivia and Alexis are trying to crack the code in L.A trying to snare love and success. But first they have to come together―to make their marks and plan the fun theyre going to have along the way. . Marcella is a hot sharp young television actress whos barely able to enjoy the life shes bought for herself and certainly isnt enjoying her body which is never quite perfect enough. Olivia whose life revolves around her toddler son Jack is tethered to her suburban mommy track so tightly she can almost forget the horrible thing that happened to her family when she was a child herself. Alexis is a musicians manager with a smart mouth an ample body and loads of style but barely enough self-esteem to fill a Prada card case. And the boys in their lives? Marcellas had about enough of them throwing themselves at her; Olivias boy is her son; and Alexis is still searching not for a boy this time but for a man. . Playing with Boys is a savvy novel with charm style and heart to spare.