{"product_id":"the-hot-one-a-memoir-of-friendship-sex-and-murder-9781451625820","title":"The Hot One: A Memoir of Friendship, Sex, and Murder","description":"\u003cb\u003eA true-crime, coming-of-age story with a tragic twist: a \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e editor's quest to uncover the truth about the brutal murder of her wild and seductive friend in a \"riveting...and thoughtful examination of how we grow up and apart\" (\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs girls growing up in rural New Jersey in the late 1980s, Ashley and Carolyn had everything in common: two outsiders who loved spending afternoons exploring the woods. Only when the girls attended different high schools did they begin to grow apart. While Carolyn struggled to fit in, Ashley quickly became a hot girl: popular, extroverted, and sexually precocious. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter high school, Carolyn entered college in New York City and Ashley ended up in Los Angeles, where she quit school to work as a stripper and an escort, dating actors and older men, and experimenting with drugs. The last time Ashley visited New York, Carolyn was shocked by how they had grown apart. One year later, Ashley was stabbed to death at age twenty-two in her Hollywood home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Original and engaging\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Hot One \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of Carolyn's emotional quest to find out what really happened to her oldest friend. It's a journey that takes her through the hills of Hollywood, into courtrooms in Los Angeles, to strip clubs in Las Vegas, and back to her own childhood memories as she tries to unravel why she and Ashley became so different. How did Ashley end up the overtly sexual risk-taker--the hot one--while Carolyn was seen as the smart one, the observer? Carolyn's \"memoir will shock and fascinate\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) readers as she explores the power of female friendships and pays tribute to the ones that stay with you long after they're gone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451625820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Carolyn Murnick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059234934965,"sku":"9781451625820","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_03cfca6a-dae2-44c5-a5f9-fa0f29c1c88e.jpg?v=1650341943","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-hot-one-a-memoir-of-friendship-sex-and-murder-9781451625820","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}