The Angst Lipstick Traces Inspires
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009I read a reader review of Lipstick Traces by Kathlea Azzurra Rowland and angst was the word that stood out in my mind.
According to this angst filled review, in Lipstick Traces, Twenty-year old Miss Z has run away to be with a rock star known as B. As she follows him around the world, she suffers angst in hopes of saving him from himself and his darkness. In trying to save him, she loses herself. Miss Z becomes so caught up in wanting to believe false promises – what I truly feel her heart knows. As she desperately tries to hang on to his promises of eternal love, she sees him acting in ways that do not reflect his words. She also becomes caught up in the angst causing musician lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock and roll.
As Miss Z is consumed and almost destroyed by B and his lifestyle, she hits the bottom of her angst and realizes that she has to go off on her own. She works through some serious angst issues and learns who her true friends really are. Trying to climb back up, she returns home and begins to have some healing with issues that she was dealing with there involving her parents. Her experiences help her to better understand their own actions in dealing with a huge loss. Working through her angst helps Miss Z to not only find out who she is, but also how strong she is.
Feel the angst with Miss Z in Kathlea Azzurra Rowland’s angst novel Lipstick Traces. You’ll find more emerging literature with angst in my angst category.

