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Weetzie turns 40

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Bestselling local Young Adult author Francesca Lia Block has sold her first adult novel Necklace of Kisses to Harper. In the book, her long-running character Weetzie Bat turns 40, faces a mid-life crisis and escapes to a pink Beverly Hills hotel where magical creatures help her regain the magic of her life.

Via Publishers Lunch


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