June Costas grew up in Malibu. Her parents owned a restaurant across from the beach - Pacific Fish. June grew up promising herself she would do more than take over the family business. In 1956, she met Mitch Riva on the beach.
It was love at first sight. But falling in love with a man whose goal is to become the best / most famous singer of a generation is not an easy life.
Nina, Jay, Hudson and Kat lived with their mother June in a tiny beach house. Thier father was rarely around - at one point being gone so long they would have forgotten who he was if not for his name being everywhere on TV and the radio.
Told from the points of view of the Riva children, with flashbacks to their parents, Malibu Rising is a family saga that spans from 1956 to the early 1980s. Reid is a fabulous storyteller. This is a great read!
Reid, Taylor Jenkins. (2021). Malibu Rising. New York: Ballatine Books.
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