About
Tori is the author of the Coming Home series that include titles: A Second Chance at Goodbye, Ethel's Song, and Love, Made from Scratch. She is a contributing writer for The Georgia Connector and Walton Living magazines. Her short story, Zippee's Greates Adventure, was published in The Chicken Soup for the Soul - My Very Good, Very Bad Cat.
Size Zero (Visage Book 1)
Description
<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>"A somber, disturbing mystery fused with a scathing look at the fashion industry. </strong><strong>Mangin writes in a confident, razor-edged style."</strong><strong> - Kirkus Reviews</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Condom dresses and space helmets have debuted on fashion runways.</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">A dead body becomes the trend when a coat made of human skin saunters down fashion's biggest stage. The body is identified as Annabelle Leigh, the teenager who famously disappeared over a decade ago from her boyfriend's New York City mansion.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">This new evidence casts suspicion back on the former boyfriend, Cecil LeClaire. Now a monk, he is forced to return to his dark and absurd childhood home to clear his name. He teams up with Ava Germaine, a renegade ex-model. And together, they investigate the depraved and lawless modeling industry behind Cecil's family fortune.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">They find erotic canes, pet rats living in crystal castles, and dresses made of crushed butterfly wings. But Cecil finds more truth in the luxury goods than in the people themselves. Everyone he meets seems to be wearing a person-suit. Terrified of showing their true selves, the glitterati put on flamboyant public personas to make money and friends. Can Cecil find truth in a world built on lies?</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>In high fashion modeling, selling bodies is organized crime.</strong></p>
Story Behind The Book
While writing my first book, Coming Home- A Second at Goodbye, I knew that Aunt Ethel and Madison needed their own story. I enjoyed creating the foundation for these two characters and providing the tease at the end of Coming Home- A Second Chance at Goodbye when Anne and Maggie ask Aunt Ethel how long she was going to make Madison wait for her.
Madison's backstory was built in Coming Home- A Second Chance at Goodbye, with is ex-wife Liz. Ethel's Song allowed me to develope Liz's character. Aunt Ethel's life had been consumed with caring for family and Ethel's Song provided an opportunity to focus more on Ethel the woman.
While Anne and Maggie's story was about new love, Ethel's Song is about mature love and finding the courage to fight for your dreams at any age.
Reviews
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;text-indent:.5in;"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3">"This second installment of the Coming Home series could easily stand alone. Tori has a way of creating characters that could easily be your neighbor." Idgie at The Dew </font></p>
