![]() ![]() Besides sparing innocent animals, it also might help my skin"). Zit woes aside, she's almost unbelievably well adjusted, and her voice too often sounds moralizing ("I was determined to cut down on meat and dairy. Perhaps the excessive positive aspects of Olivia's lucky life are meant to counteract the horrors of her breakouts. But zits are not the end of the world-that is the clear, at times heavy-handed message of Howse's first novel the author, herself a child actress and acne sufferer, does not shy away from graphic descriptions of acne (and rather clinical conversations about treatment). ![]() ![]() When Olivia's breakouts worsen, becoming the "hard, blistery" variety, the 13-year-old begins to despair. So is her savvy mother, who doesn't want these blemishes to get in the way of Olivia's earning power. Olivia Hughes has it all: beauty, popularity, boys, roles in national commercials-what could go wrong? The title gives an indication, and when Olivia's face begins to break out in enormous pimples for the first time, she is horrified. ![]()
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