ALL OF YOU
Former teen pop star Joey “Paisley” Parker has loved her lucrative career as a music producer and engineer. However, industry shifts and changing listener habits threaten her livelihood, and she’s faced with walking away before she turns fifty. Yet before she does, she agrees to produce one more album, by the British quintet Taro, who came of age with Joey in the 1980s and saw stardom rivaling the Beatles. They want to attempt one more comeback, and they believe Joey is the only producer who can make that happen.
Just one problem: Taro bassist Garrett Chandler, identical twin brother of the late drummer Gavin Chandler. Garrett and Joey share bad memories, hostility, and a ghost.
With a crowdfunding budget, a home recording studio on Long Island, and a little help from her friends, Joey and Taro begin the long trek back to the distant rock star world of glamor and excess they once knew. Furthermore, Joey finds herself at the dangerous edge of a professional boundary by getting personally close with Garrett. Ultimately, Joey risks losing a life’s worth of credibility and achievement, as well as ending Taro’s career forever.
Using her signature style of heart and humor, Elisa Lorello has crafted a timeless (and timely!) story of the love you need, the music you make, and the magic that happens between the notes.
Just one problem: Taro bassist Garrett Chandler, identical twin brother of the late drummer Gavin Chandler. Garrett and Joey share bad memories, hostility, and a ghost.
With a crowdfunding budget, a home recording studio on Long Island, and a little help from her friends, Joey and Taro begin the long trek back to the distant rock star world of glamor and excess they once knew. Furthermore, Joey finds herself at the dangerous edge of a professional boundary by getting personally close with Garrett. Ultimately, Joey risks losing a life’s worth of credibility and achievement, as well as ending Taro’s career forever.
Using her signature style of heart and humor, Elisa Lorello has crafted a timeless (and timely!) story of the love you need, the music you make, and the magic that happens between the notes.
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All of You is an absorbing, entertaining read permeated by the colorful, nostalgic vibe of '80s pop music. Even if you aren't a former teen pop star, you'll relate to Joey "Paisley" Parker's creative restlessness and journey to figure out where her life is going.
~Annie Zaleski, music journalist and author of a 33 1/3 book on Duran Duran's RIO.
Music aficionados will love the premise of All of You, but the story will warm anyone’s heart.
Lorello is a brilliant storyteller. Complex characters, clever dialogue and an emotional, entertaining plot made this one my favorite reads of the year. Don’t miss this one.
~Heather Grace Stewart, author of The Ticket and Good Nights
Elisa Lorello has hit another high note!
All of You is a melodic story of love, loss and redemption that will grasp your heart until the final word.
~Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke, authors of How To Save A Life
Listen to Paisley Parker's 1986 pop hit, "Glossy!"
Paisley Parker, a fictional character from Elisa Lorello's novel ALL OF YOU (released October 11, 2022), is a former 1980s teen pop star best known for her 1986 smash hit, "Glossy." Elisa enlisted the expertise of her brother Mike Lorello (of The Mike Lorello Project) to capture the 1980s sound and emotion of a teen's ode to her crush. Many thanks to Alana Burner for providing Paisley's vocal.
Music: Mike Lorello
Lyrics: Mike Lorello and Elisa Lorello
Video: Brian Lorello
Music: Mike Lorello
Lyrics: Mike Lorello and Elisa Lorello
Video: Brian Lorello