Título: Fifteen Minutes
Autor: Karen Kingsbury
Sinopse: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a dramatic story about fame, true love, and the cost of having it all. Zack Dylan made a promise to God and his college sweetheart as he left his family’s horse farm in Kentucky to compete on the popular reality television show Fifteen Minutes: If he makes it, the fame won’t change him. Overnight, Zack is the nation’s most popular contestant, a country singer with the looks and voice of a young Elvis. As his star rises, Zack is asked to compromise and quiet his beliefs, and also something more. Something Zack could never have imagined. Just as America is falling in love with Zack, just as he’s on the verge of winning it all, his choices lead him to the brink of personal disaster. At the same time, Reese Weatherly, a therapeutic horse instructor, is no longer sure about her relationship with Zack, or the wedding they had dreamed about. While Zack advances from one round of the competition to the next, an offer comes to Reese—one that will take her to a home halfway around the world. Then Chandra Olson—reigning diva pop star and one of the Fifteen Minutes judges—intervenes. Chandra has suffered so much public pain and private agony since her days as a Fifteen Minutes contestant. Now she wants just one thing: meaning. Can Chandra’s private losses help Zack find his way, or will his fifteen minutes of fame cause him to lose the life he once loved? Fifteen Minutes is a story of character, compromise, and the cost of having it all. A story that raises the question: Who are the real winners?
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Fifteen Minutes”, de Karen Kingsbury, publicado pela editora Howard Books, em 2013 e com 384 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Howard Books
Páginas: 384
Ano: 2013
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 1451647050
ISBN13: 9781451647051
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Howard Books costumam mesclar narrativas que exploram temas de fé, superação pessoal e histórias de vida marcadas por desafios reais. Em seu catálogo, é possível encontrar desde memórias intensas de crescimento em contextos difíceis até romances que se desenrolam em cenários históricos ricos em detalhes, como cortes imperiais europeias. O tom dessas obras varia entre o inspirador e o contemplativo, com ritmo que ora privilegia a reflexão espiritual, ora a tensão dramática. O material de apresentação indica um foco em leituras que dialogam com questões de espiritualidade, liderança cristã e vivências pessoais, muitas vezes com personagens enfrentando dilemas morais e buscando sentido em suas jornadas.
