Barbara Holmes

Eating Venus Barbara Holmes

In the spring of 1986, Britaini Hughes receives her big break in the musicbusiness - singing backing vocals for the world-renown, British band, DoubleTalk on their next album.¿ The petite,attractive, African-American, 19-year old leaves behind her pompons and UCLAfor New York, to begin a rollercoater ride into the unknown and to catch a ride on a shooting star! AndriaDaniels visits her best friend, Britaini, in New York.¿ Andria, an English major at UCDavis, dreams of starting her own fashion magazine.¿ This two-week trip will grow into a whole newway of life for Andria-- a path of self-discovery and the realization of her dreams.¿¿ ¿There are many gorgeous, tasty characters, butthe life experiences of Britaini and Andria make up the nucleus of thisbook -- their rise to success in their own right.¿ Eating Venus is about attraction, flirtation,falling in love, sensuality, creativity, promiscuity, monogamy, obsession,grace, charm, and friendship.¿ This bookplays out the dramatic, intense, painful, silly, blissful, and fickle issuesthat exist not only in the world of entertainment, but in life - no matter whatrace, creed, color, or tax bracket.