cover image The Perfect Sonya

The Perfect Sonya

Beverly Lowry. Penguin Books, $6.95 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-14-009654-5

``This new novel by the author of Daddy's Girl will add to her reputation as an original, talented writer; it is not, however, an entirely successful effort,'' wrote PW of this tale of an actress whose father's death leaves her emotionally paralyzed by unresolved feelings. (August)