Queen of the Oddballs

<p>A hilariously offbeat memoir about an adventurous young woman's escapades as she defies conventions and transforms an ordinary Los Angeles life into a star-studded extraordinary miracle of self-discovery.</p><p><em>Queen of the Oddballs</em> forms a chronology of Hillary Carlip's habitual straying from roads more traveled -- from a wisecracking third-grader suspended from school for smoking (while imitating Holly Golightly) to a headline-making teen activist juggler and fire eater friend (NOT fan) of Carly Simon and Carole King grand prize-winning <em>Gong Show</em> contestant cult rock star and seeker of spiritual and romantic truths that definitely defy expectations.</p><p>Illustrated with ephemera -- from diary entries and photographs to a handwritten letter from Carly Simon -- <em>Queen of the Oddballs</em> presents a virtual time capsule of pop culture's last four decades and celebrates a creative life lived to the hilt.</p>