Publication Date: September 22, 2026
Against her parents’ wishes, Rin, a naïve but determined 21-year-old American is off to study acting at an unconventional London drama school. Rin longs to live boldly, and experience the sweeping, Heathcliff-style romance she’s only read about. So far Rin’s done everything right. This is her chance to do something daring.
London 1968-the capital of cool. Electric, unpredictable, it’s full of characters who are as seductive as they are unreliable. From the outset, Rin is torn between the demands of acting school and the glittering roller-coaster life of Chelsea, where every night promises adventure-or more often than not, disaster. A glamorous country weekend turns into a bungled jewel heist engineered by an unapologetically immoral former debutante. Rin is infatuated by an eccentric Polish prince until a late-night visit from police reveals the prince is smuggling art out of his borrowed mansion. A tempting film contract in Rome is revealed to be nothing more than a Fellini-esque smoke-and-mirrors scheme. Rin embarks on an affair with a famous actor whose romantic plate is fuller than she knew.
Amidst the chaos, Rin is anchored by a loyal but eclectic crew: Bronwyn, a disinherited heiress with disastrous taste in men; Ilya, world-weary and enigmatic; Bonnie, a scheming American stewardess; and Chris, a charismatic hustler keeping secrets.
Eventually Rin’s tumultuous Chelsea life takes its toll. She finds herself expelled from school and cut off financially. Determined to establish an acting career in London, Rin survives on a mixture of legitimate and not-so-legit jobs-from dubbing horror films to reading soft-core porn to a dotty dowager. But then she finds the romance she’s yearned for with her friend Chris who might be the love of her life. Or her undoing.
Funny, irreverent, romantic and unexpectedly touching, this provocative coming-of-age story is about defying expectations and chasing dreams. In the end London gives her everything she came searching for and more-independence, resilience and the courage to define her own life. This extraordinary journey in an extraordinary place captures the excitement and conflicts of a young woman on the verge of transformation. Through comic misadventure, heartbreak, and exhilarating realization, Rin will discover that sometimes getting gloriously lost is the only way to find yourself.
Take a ride back to London in 1968 for a coming-of-age story featuring an American girl seeking adventure.
Author Ellen Sherman draws from the richness of the era, from the clothing to the vibrant nightclubs, in Bad Girls Go Everywhere.
Rin’s quest to attend drama school and become an actress pushes her well out of the family’s safety zone. She draws an eclectic group of friends as her adventures take her all over Europe.
The main character’s determination for excitement is evident as she tests out her boundaries in life and love. The lessons she learns along the way are served up with a bit of humor.
Bad Girls Go Everywhere details a young woman’s efforts to define her own future.
Ellen Sherman, writer and producer, took a circuitous path to both after an acting career which included Broadway, TV and the lead in a curious avante garde Mexican horror film. She’s been a screenwriter, journalist and documentary filmmaker. Her award-winning doc, ALL DRESSED UP AND NO PLACE TO GO, chronicling the lives of four heterosexual cross dressers, was
featured at the Montreal Film Festival and HBO/Cinemax. After 8 years as a Producer for NBC Dateline, she launched the podcast BINGE OR BOMB reviewing streaming international TV series the world loves and you might never have heard of.
Having had a gloriously misspent youth, it’s the backdrop against which Ellen Sherman based BAD GIRLS GO EVERYWHERE. She lives in New York City with husband, Peter and the amazing Ziggy.
