The Influencers by Anna-Marie Mclemore
A social media influencer's empire is burned to the ground--literally. The top suspects? The five daughters who made her famous."A witty and razor-sharp whodunit that will leave you both satisfied and challenged . . . A gorgeous, gloriously scathing story."--Ashley Herring Blake, author of Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
What do you really know about the people you've made famous?
"Mother May I" Iverson has spent the past twenty-five years building a massively successful influencer empire with endearing videos featuring her five mixed-race daughters. But the girls are all grown up now, and the ramifications of having their entire childhoods commodified start to spill over into public view, especially in light of the pivotal question: Who killed May's newlywed husband and then torched her mansion to cover it up?
April is a businesswoman feuding with her mother over intellectual property; twins June and July are influencers themselves, threatening to overtake May's spotlight; January is a theater tech who steers clear of her mother and the limelight; and the youngest . . . well, March has somehow completely disappeared. As the days pass post-murder, everyone has an opinion--the sisters, May, a mysterious "friend of the family," and the collective voice of the online audience watching the family's every move--with suspicion flying every direction.
A campy and escapist exploration of race, gender, sexuality, and class, The Influencers is an evisceration of influencer culture and how alienating traditional expectations can be, ripe for the current moment when the first generation of children made famous by their parents are, now, all grown up--and looking for retribution.
Anna-Marie McLemore was raised in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, where she learned to recognize la llorona in the Santa Ana winds from her family. They are the authors of THE WEIGHT OF FEATHERS, a William C. Morris book published in 2016. WILD BEAUTY, a Kirkus, School Library Journal, and Booklist best book of 2017; BLANCA & ROJA, a New York TimesBook Review Editors' Pick; DARK AND DEEPEST RED, a Winter 2020 Indie Next List title; and the forthcoming THE MIRROR SEASON.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780593729175 |
| ISBN 10 | 059372917X |
| Title | The Influencers |
| Author | Anna-Marie Mclemore |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2025-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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