num_pages: 311
description: Growing up on the Scottish Isle of Bute, Maria Tambini is a young girl with dreams of escape from her Italian immigrant family. When her amazing singing voice wins her a talent show at the tender age of thirteen, she is whisked off to London and instant stardom.But even as Maria is celebrating her greatest success, she is waging a hidden battle against her own body, and becoming in the process a living exhibit in the modern drama of celebrity. Can she be saved by love? Or will she be consumed by an obsessive celebrity culture, family lies, and by her number-one fan?This stunning novel is a rich portrait of an immigrant community and a tragic tale of the hidden costs of celebrity.
language: English
title: Personality
titlecomplete: Personality
characters: Maria Tambini
genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Scotland, Literary Fiction, 21st Century
ratings_count: 252
places: London, England, Isle of Bute, Scotland
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Harcourt