Malibu Rising 

 Malibu Rising is the story of the Riva siblings, Nina, Jay, Hud and Kit. Their father is Mick Riva, the famous singer who was one of Evelyn Hugo’s seven husbands, and their mother is June, a woman from Malibu whose parents own the local fish and chip shop. Told in alternating sections that switch between the four siblings’ points of view, and in flashbacks from that of their mother June, the novel explores the true cost of Mick’s fame (and bad behaviour) on his family.

As the four children deal with Mick’s repeated abandonment of their mother, and June’s resulting alcoholism, the roles they are forced into as children will ultimately influence the kinds of adults that they will become. Over the course of 24 hours – leading up to and during the annual Riva party at adult Nina’s house – these roles will be questioned and the hurts they are all holding onto may need to be left behind.

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