The Opposite of Hollywood: An Autobiographical Novel

ASIN B088PXBGVRWhen Tosca Ring is seven years old, she abruptly goes onvacation from her home in New York City to Cuernavaca, Mexico withher parents and six siblings during an FBI investigation into herfather's Mafia dealings. From there, she is catapulted into anomadic life marked by secrecy and false identities. Her father'scriminality continues, and the family continues to go on vacation,often in the middle of the night, always without warning, throughfive countries and two continents. As they move, so, too, doTosca's internal landscapes. Her life becomes a chain of shiftingrealities, linked by secrets and shaped by growing violence anddeceptions. As Tosca grows into young adulthood, she fights back todiscover her true identity. The Opposite of Hollywood is based onauthor Margo Perin's childhood.