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    The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty
    The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty
    The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty

    Written by Amanda Filipacchi

    Narrated by Christina Delaine

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    About this audiobook

    A magical and comedic take on modern love, the power of friendship, and the allure of disguise. Meet the knights of Creation, a group of artistic friends struggling with society's standards of beauty. Barb, a stunningly beautiful costume designer, chooses to don a fat suit in hopes that it will help her meet the man of her dreams--a man who can see beyond her looks. Lily, Barbs brilliantly talented unfortunate-looking musician friend, goes to fantastic lengths to attract the shallow man she loves. Penelope, neither beautiful nor talented, makes her living by selling hideous clay pots after convincing customers they've broken them.#160;
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateFeb 16, 2015
    ISBN9781622316311
    The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty
    Author

    Amanda Filipacchi

    Described by the New York Times Book Review as a “lovely comic surrealist,” Amanda Filipacchi’s fiction has been translated into thirteen languages and her nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Atlantic. Her novels have been called “hilarious and thought-provoking” by Tama Janowitz and “whimsical and subversive” by Edmund White. Filipacchi earned her MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University.

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