Of the already legendary destiny of Ruslana, G raldine Maillet (already author of several novels, of which Almost top model (2006) and "French Manucure " (2008)), drew a novel - truths. Impressive one plunging in the misleading decor of fashion and of ephemeral glory.
Novel of G raldine Maillet
Editions Grasset
:: History::
Ruslana is sixteen years old when the most famous English agency of models discovers her incidentally in a tourist booklet on Kazakhstan. She leaves then her native land, her family for an Occident of dollars and of spangles. From New York to Saint-Barth, from London to Milan, the Russian misery in dreamt life, Ruslana is next to people, marches the stars, a reference - becomes reference. She also discovers love, men, meetings, drunkenness, waste, fright. A few days before its twenty-first birthday, Ruslana is one of the beauties the most famous in his/her time. But she is so then alone since the world is with its feet, she jumps into space. : Grasset 2009