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A love letter to pop music, American Spirits charts an icon’s fall–and an obsessive fangirl’s rise. One of Vulture‘s Most Anticipated Books of 2026″A titillating romp!” —Booklist (starred review) – “I imagine the book as a Lynch film with a score by Lana Del Rey.” —Los Angeles Times Thirty-eight-year-old Blue Velour has finally achieved the critical acclaim she’s long been chasing. Over the last decade, she’s released six studio albums to mixed reviews, landing her somewhere between performance artist and niche legend. But her latest album, Blue’s Beard–a cheeky reference to the subreddit fanatically dedicated to her suspected secret relationship with longtime producer Sasha Harlow–has rocket-launched her reputation. Blue hires nerdy superfan Rose Lutz as her assistant to handle the pressures of the upcoming the pandemic shuts down the tour, however, Blue decides to hole up in the redwoods with Sasha to make another album. An aspiring singer herself, Rose is frothing at the mouth to be isolated in a cabin with these two legends, but what begins as a creative retreat spirals into a flurry of chaos and betrayal–culminating in a tragic act that changes their lives , entertaining, and edgy, American Spirits is a compelling exploration of the dark side of fame.
Author: Anna Dorn
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 4/14/2026
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1 lbs
Size: 9.14″ H x 5.84″ L x 1.51″ W
ISBN: 9781668085530
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