Monday, November 23, 2009

twilight pale

Slightly Like Strangers by Emily Listfield.

My vocabulary for cosmetics is awful, so this is going to come out wrong. Are the people on the cover wearing too much foundation or too much face powder:




The photo:




I wonder if this was a new marketing tactic in the late '80s: to include the author's headshot in the book. (Maybe this was an advanced reader's copy?) The same picture, but cropped, is used for the biography. While researching background on the author I came across these tips for author headshots, which include: add a statement necklace like chunky layered beads or turquoise. I'd suggest bamboo, but to each their own.

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