Download or read book Something Beyond Paradise written by Jan Slepian and published by Philomel. This book was released on 1987 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reluctantly tied in Hawaii to an unhappy mother and a grandmother with a fading memory, Franny, age 17, longs for a dance career, and when her friend Akiko joins a group promising instant bliss, and she herself meets an actor from New York, the developing events, while frightening and dangerous, finally show her a way to fulfill her ambition.