Copycat

Title:

Copycat

Author:

Roby, Kimberla Lawson, author.

Personal Author:

Roby, Kimberla Lawson, author.

ISBN:

9781455569717

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

181 pages ; 22 cm

General Note:

Includes reading group guide.

Abstract:

"Befriending Traci Calloway Cole is the best thing Simone Phillips has ever done. Traci is the kind of woman Simone wants to be-in every way possible. She begins copying her role model. Not because she wants to be Traci. She just wants to be exactly like Traci. Traci doesn't worry, though. She knows Simone doesn't mean any harm and that her mimicry is only sincere admiration. Until she discovers how far Simone's obsession has gone."-- Provided by publisher.

Author Traci Calloway Cole is the kind of woman Simone wants to be-- in every way possible. She begins copying her role model. She wants to be exactly like her. Traci knows Simone doesn't mean any harm and that her mimicry is only sincere admiration. Until she discovers how far Simone's obsession has gone. And that Simone has secrets that she'll do almost anything to protect ...

Subject Term:

Friendship -- Fiction.

Impersonation -- Fiction.

Women authors -- Fiction.

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Summary

From the New York Times bestselling author who "writes with high-octane levels of emotion" ( USA Today ).

Befriending Traci Calloway Cole is the best thing Simone Phillips has ever done. Traci is the kind of woman Simone wants to be-in every way possible. She begins copying her role model. Not because she wants to be Traci. She just wants to be exactly like Traci.

Traci doesn't worry, though. She knows Simone doesn't mean any harm and that her mimicry is only sincere admiration. Until she discovers how far Simone's obsession has gone.

It is then that Simone's entire world begins unraveling, and dreadful secrets from her past are exposed with no warning. Secrets that she'll do almost anything to protect.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

Traci Calloway Cole has just published her third novel: Copycat. Isn't it a coincidence that now she has a copycat of her own?Lawson (A Sinful Calling, 2016, etc.) adds to her library of novellas documenting the soap-opera lives of the people in the Rev. Curtis Black's congregation at Deliverance Outreach Church. Fans of the series will certainly rejoice in this latest installment, and its brevity may entice new members into Rev. Black's fold. This episode focuses on two women writers whose friendship twists into a parasitic relationship. Unfortunately, Lawson wastes little time developing the complex psychology of either woman, favoring instead a quick accretion of troubling incidents. Traci's admirer, Simone Phillips, currently works as an insurance claims adjuster, although she aspires to fame as a writer of romance novels. Engaged to Chris, a handsome postal worker, she has high hopes for her future, especially now that she's escaped the clutches of her drug-addicted mother and guilt-tripping grandmother. So it's a bit like winning the lottery when she meets the famous Traci Calloway Cole at the hair salon. Eager to learn as much as she can from a successful writer, Simone quickly friends Traci through every social media channel. For her part, Traci is eager to have a friend who is also a writer, and she's happy to use her own good fortune to help Simone; after all, Rev. Black preaches the good word of generosity each Sunday. Utterly oblivious to her own pathology, Simone discovers that she and Traci have similar tastes in everything. Rather quickly, however, similar tastes evolve into copycatting: Simone begins dressing like Traci, tweeting like Traci, talking like Traci, driving the same car as Traci, and even attending the same church, much to Chris' dismay. Not surprisingly, trouble ensues. An All About Eve-style cautionary tale for successful women. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.