The Recorded History of a Girl by Celine Lopez

Imagine a life unraveled through a series of letters.

That is exactly how one can live vicariously through R’s fabulous but mostly dramatic life. The heroine of the novel The Recorded History of a Girl is both mysterious and open as she shares her thoughts to the many people she meets along the way. Set against the backdrop of some of the world’s most glamorous cities and islands, R finds herself exploring the nuanced meanings of love, friendship, motherhood, bourgeois guilt and everything else that happens in between.

There is a letter for everyone in this book. It is both hilarious, sarcastic, but most of all it is at once touching and genial. Enter R’s world and see how a pen and paper can do to create a lifetime.

Author:

Celine R. Lopez is a columnist for The Philippine Star. A former fashion editor and creative director of the paper’s Ystyle design section, she has now moved on to producing movies for European production houses. Her first film Metro Manila won the Sundance award for World Cinema Audience Award for Dramatic Film. She is currently working on her second film. She is also the head designer for the jewelry line Fah/Lux.

She splits her time between Manila, London and California. She lives with her two dogs, Milo and Caligula. Her first book From Coffee to Cocktails was nominated for the National Book Awards for essays.

This is her first fiction novel.

Softbound: 115 pages
Publisher: National Book Store, 2013
Language: English
ISBN: 978-971-08-7194-0