June becomes an alcoholic, eventually drunkenly drowning herself in the bath.īy then, Nina is 17. Instead, they struggle along, with June taking over her parents' restaurant. Mick also neglects to pay child support or alimony, and June doesn't want to call him begging for his help. When the kids are young, Mick leaves permanently, leaving June to raise them alone. June and Mick agree to raise the baby, Hud, as their own. One day, a woman shows up and drops off a baby, saying Mick is the father. June and Mick fall in love and get married, but once Mick's career starts to take off, he habitually cheats on June. Mick had a difficult childhood and dreams of stardom. June's parents own a restaurant on the Malibu coast. The siblings' parents are June and Mick Riva. It's the day of the Rivas annual party at Nina's house, a major social event that attracts all types of celebrities.Īs story then jumps back and forth in time to tell the history of the Riva family. In Part I, the book opens in 1983 and introduces the four Riva siblings. But by then, Nina is already on a plane to live out her dream of living an unassuming life of surfing and eating fresh fish in Madeira, Portugal. Before he leaves, Mick tosses a cigarette that starts a fire that ends up burning down the house. Mick shows up to try to reconcile with his kids, but they reject his false promises and Nina finally is able to tell him off. They struggle along until Nina becomes a swimsuit model, and Nina start throwing an annual party at her house that attracts a lot of famous people. Their mother accidentally drowns, leaving the eldest (Nina) to raise the rest of them. The one-paragraph version of this: Malibu Rising is about four siblings whose father (Mick) leaves them to become a music legend.
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