Skinless (eBook)

The Story of a Female Survivor

Maggie Moor (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025 | 2., Second Edition, Revised & Expanded; Writer's Edit
266 Seiten
Pearl of Peace Publishing (Verlag)
979-8-9931212-4-6 (ISBN)

Infos

"A humane, unsparing portrait-wringing hope from the drug-drenched, sex-soaked streets of 1990s New York City." - Danielle Ballantyne, Foreword Reviews

BookLife calls Skinless "undeniably powerful" and "a portrait of survival that doesn't sanitize the mess."

At the turn of the millennium in New York City, fresh from teenage homelessness and childhood abuse, Charmay-a street‑smart, velvet‑voiced singer‑songwriter-develops a glittering alter ego, Cindy, to survive the PTSD she calls "skinless," a raw vulnerability she tries to numb with alcohol and soothe with music.

Over two turbulent years, chasing quick fixes and the American Dream, she's pulled into a maze of small‑time hustles and crime that devolves into a dangerous game of secrets, lies, and power. Longing for her estranged father and the girl she once was, she clings to three men-and "Cindy"-for protection and hope, until hustles collide and masks ricochet into beats, bullets, and bedsheets, and it's never clear who is really in control or who is using whom.

By the final chorus, Skinless becomes an evocation of turn‑of‑the‑century America-the times we live in and the forces we live by-as Charmay must choose between the mask that kept her alive and the honest voice that could make her whole. 

Skinless is a psychological crime novel for readers of Milkman, Cherry, In the Cut, The Basketball Diaries, Harley Rosee's Twinsgate, Lucy Treloar's Days of Innocence and Wonder, and dark, character‑driven literary noir.

Inhalt

Contents

About the Author 7

Prologue 13

Part One

1. Lower East Side, New York 19

2. Rex 36

3. Limbic Resonance 47

4. Nightingales 50

5. Brownies 58

6. Narcisse and Stars 63

7. Lizard 65

8. Gershwin 77

9. Ammo 86

10. Cali 89

11. Tuesday Night. October. 1999 99

12. Stepping Out 103

13. Hudson 109

14. 'Za 132

15. Serpent 137

16. FuckMe 144

17. Streets 151

18. Daffy 156

19. Flowers withMom 161

20. Art of Gifting 164

21. Ribbet 172

22. Flapjack 178

23. Ppk 195

24. Triangular Dung 199

25. Boogit 201

26. Unbreakables 214

27. Relative Dance 222

Part Two

Interlude Miami

28. Azure 229

29. Rules of Marriage 238

30. Chooch n' Chicks 245

Part Three

New York. 2001

31. Sister 253

32. Lucky Strike 258

33. Rhythms 273

34. Posies 276

35. Trophy 280

36. Flash 283

37. Alone 290

38. Poof: Blank 294

39. Arnica 296

40. Goodnight 299

41. This Was Like That 307

42. Say Again? 312

43. John Wayne 323

44. Kick Back 326

45. Ho-Hum-Twiddle 330

46. Pekinese 334

47. Zipless/ Monkey 336

48. Tartan 342

49. Kilt 347

50. Umm 353

51. Creebies 358

52. Labor Day 366

Epilogue 369

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.11.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Charmay: New York Noir
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
• Schlagworte: adult fiction about ptsd and addiction • books about alter ego and identity • character driven crime novel female protagonist • dark literary fiction about trauma and survival • gritty new york nightclub novel • literary noir female narrator • psychological crime novel new york city
• ISBN-13: 979-8-9931212-4-6 / 9798993121246