Limelight
Daisy Buchanan'Daisy Buchanan writes about all the chaos & conflict of being a young woman' — Red
Frankie has a love-hate relationship with the spotlight.
She secretly craves attention, but she is ashamed of that craving. And after a lifetime of comparison to her perfect sister Bean, she has never felt more invisible. She only ever feels seen when she uploads risqué photos to her small community of online fans. She creates a new her: confident, sexy & utterly unrecognisable from the real Frankie.
Then the worst happens. Bean is diagnosed with cancer. While Frankie wants to fill the freezer with home cooked food, her mother decides she knows better & somehow launches a nationwide cancer fundraiser, with Frankie as the supportive-sister-spokesmodel. Inevitability, her account is found. Now everyone has their eyes on Frankie.
With her family no longer speaking to her, Frankie flounders in her newfound notoriety. Feminists & misogynists rage at her online, while she attracts hundreds of new subscribers. Whether they're demanding apologies or expecting an empowering call to arms, everyone wants Frankie to explain herself. But how can she explain what she barely understands?
Limelight is a story about sisterhood, sexuality, & self-esteem. It's about how we cope with living in a world which constantly tells us who we are. What happens when we stop listening & start paying attention to who we need to become?