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Make Him Look Good - Abridged by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
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Make Him Look Good - Abridged

A Novel

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Length 6 hours 8 minutes
Language English
Narrators Daphne Rubin-Vega & Orlagh Cassidy

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The "him" in Make Him Look Good is Ricky Biscayne, sexy Latin singing sensation who has taken the pop world by storm. But it takes more than swiveling hips and dreamy eyes to get to the top of the charts. The women who orbit Ricky are:

• Milan, Ricky's new publicist, and her sister Geneva whose Club G promises to have Miami's hottest opening ever
• Jill Sanchez, a media-manic Latina star who has crossed over from CDs to perfume, clothes and movies and Jasminka, Ricky's gorgeous Croatian model wife and...
• Irene, a firefighter whose high school romance with Ricky was the last love in her life, eking out an existence for herself and her daughter Sophia, who is beginning to suspect that she and Ricky Biscayne look a little too much alike

With several satisfying romances set against Miami's music, club and modeling scenes, Make Him Look Good is irresistible fiction from one of America's most original voices.

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist and a former staff writer for both the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe. With more than one million books in print in eleven languages, she was included on Time magazine’s list of "25 Most Influential Hispanics," and was a Latina magazine Woman of the Year as well as an Entertainment Weekly Breakout Literary Star. She is the author of many novels, including Playing with Boys and The Husband Habit. Alisa divides her time between New Mexico and Los Angeles.

Daphne Rubin-Vega first appeared on Broadway with her debut as Mimi in the original cast of Rent.  It earned her a Theater World Award, a Tony nomination as Best Actress in a musical, and a nomination for a Drama Desk Award.  She's appeared in numerous other productions, including the Broadway revivals of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Les Miserables.  Her film credits include Wild Things, Flawless, Sex and the City, and Jack Goes Boating.  Daphne's audiobook credits include Julia Alvarez's Finding Miracles, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez's Make Him Look Good, and Victor Villasenor's Thirteen Senses.  She was born in Panama and raised in New York City where she lives with her husband and son.

Orlagh Cassidy is the winner of the 2009 Best Voice in Children & Family Listening and the 2008 and 2011 Best Voice in Mystery & Suspense. She’s narrated for Jacqueline Winspear, James Patterson, Erica Spindler, Beth Harbison, and Frank Herbert, among others.

 

Cassidy’s Broadway credits include Present Laughter with Frank Langella, Our Country's Good, and Suddenly Last Summer.  She has appeared Off-Broadway in Bright Ideas and The Field at The Irish Rep (Drama Desk Nomination). She was "Doris Wolfe" on The Guiding Light and her other television appearances include Sex and the City, Law & Order, Law and Order SVU, and Elementary.  She also appeared in the films Purple Violets, Young Adult, and Definitely, Maybe.

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Reviews

“Escapist Entertainment with a Latina heart.” —AudioFile on The Dirty Girls Social Club

“The lives of three distinctive Californians become real--brilliantly brought to life by the voices of author Alisa Valdez-Rodriguez, with Mara Holguin and Ingrid Oliu.” —AudioFile on Playing with Boys

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