Author: Kelle James
Pages: 392 pages
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Summary:
Kelle James is a sixteen-year-old girl who moves to New York to get away from her abusive father and to see if she can make it as a model in the late 70's. She encounters more than one problem in her new home, or lack thereof, and struggles to find her place, along with trying to cope with a friend of her being accused of murder. But she makes new friend, gets an acting job, gets her own place and learns a lot about men during this journey. The epic tale of perseverance!
As far as memoirs go, this one was awesome. I found it hard to concentrate in the beginning, because it's so factual and especially since I couldn't really relate to her problems, but the more you read, the more involved you get, to the point where it actually hurts when you realise you've finished the book.
Like I said, I couldn't relate to her circumstances, but I could definitely relate to her way of thinking. She had a very random sense of humour and saw things in the weirdest ways. Totally me.
Romantically, this book wasn't satisfying, because I'm a hopeless romantic and I'm not particularly into dating guys from Arizona with 'severely sun damaged skin'. Ew. But I am a sucker for happy endings and this one more than just delivered.
I'm not trying to give anything away here, but I almost cried when Buddy... He... *sniff sniff*
My Favourite Line
"Like sharks in shallow water."
My Verdict
Read it. It could only make you a better person, or at least teach you a thing or two. So do it. Or the terrorists have won.
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