Book description
Reconstructive facial surgery after a car crash so alters Manhattan
model Charlotte that, within the fashion world, where one's look is
oneself, she is unrecognizable. Seeking a new image, Charlotte engages
in an Internet experiment that may both save and damn her. As her story
eerily converges with that of a plain, unhappy teenager - another
Charlotte - it raises tantalizing questions about identity and reality
in contemporary Western culture. Jennifer Egan's bold, innovative
novel, demonstrating her virtuosity at weaving a spellbinding, ambitious
tale with language that dazzles, captures the spirit of our times and
offers an unsettling glimpse of the future.
