Miss America

A former pageant queen struggles with the realities of life off the runway in a novel "reminiscent of F. Scott Fitzgerald''s The Beautiful and the Damned" (The State News, Lansing). After being crowned Miss America a decade ago, Cathy Forester has been in some glamorous settings—but she has little to show for it. She''s endured a string of failed loves, a divorce, and the death of her parents. Res...