Never Too Real, Carmen Rita
Never Too Real, Carmen Rita
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Never Too Real

Author: Carmen Rita

Narrator: Kyla Garcia

Unabridged: 10 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/26/2016

Synopsis

In Carmen Rita’s savvy, scandalous, and wise new novel, four close friends who’ve earned the best of everything are forced to decide what they can afford to lose.Cat, Magda, Gabi, and Luz have helped each other up the ladder with unshakable encouragement—and raw honesty—since forever. But lately, trouble is throwing everything these formidable women thought they knew into doubt. When outspoken Cat’s high-flying television career crashes and burns, she’s got to figure out which dream she wants to keep alive the most—her own, or someone else’s. Gorgeous venture capitalist Magda defied her traditional family to make her own way—in her personal life and her career—but an unexpected crisis could finally shatter her chance to resolve the past. As a therapist, sensitive, supportive Gabi has all the answers. But when her own world falls apart, can she turn her compassion—and her trademark tough love—on herself? And proud, wealthy Luz thought she knew everything about her upper-class family background—until a revelation she never saw coming threatens to be the one legacy she can’t afford. Now all four women will have to face the truths that make them vulnerable and the failings that give them strength to discover who they really are—and what real happiness means.

About Carmen Rita

Carmen Rita is CEO and founder of a multimedia content company. A successful entrepreneur, she was one of the few Latinas on American television to host a daily national news program, CNBC’s On the Money. A guest of the White House as a member of President Obama’s Business Forward initiative, Rita was also a faculty professor at New York University and is the author of bestselling financial advice books, including The Real Cost of Living.

About Kyla Garcia

Kyla Garcia is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. Born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, she discovered acting at the age of eight when she played Lady Macbeth in a children’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy. She made her off-Broadway debut at fifteen when she played Dorothy in Oz: A Twisted Musical. Eleven years after she discovered her passion for acting, she would go on to play Lady Macbeth once again in London at the Globe Theatre, where she studied Shakespeare during her third year at Mason Gross School of the Arts. She received her BFA in acting from Rutgers University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura.125Pages on May 31, 2016

This review was originally posted on www.125pages.com Never Too Real by Carmen Rita is one of those group friendship books. Where everyone's life falls apart at just about the same time, no one tells the others about said falling apart because they can handle it on their own, and then they reali......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on September 30, 2016

I'm grateful to have been given an advance copy from the publisher. This is my personal and unbiased opinion of that work. I dunno...if hard pressed to make a decision about this book, I really don't know how to feel. It's a great formula, a bunch of other authors have used it, and it has obviously......more

Goodreads review by Meagan on September 06, 2016

I like a lot of what this book was doing. It features a group of four devoted friends, all smart and professionally driven, all Latina but from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, all facing serious challenges. It's a great setup, and the author manages to create four very distinct main charac......more

Goodreads review by Janka on March 24, 2020

To be honest, I just find this novel being full of the modern "cliches" and the characters and situations are quite shallow. The concept of four gorgeous, strong, intelligent women with the problems pouring into their lives has been done better before.......more

Goodreads review by S on July 01, 2018

A lot of people and happenings, but a good (and quick) read. Will definitely read the next one if I come across it.......more

Quotes

“The summer’s smartest sexy beach read.” Veronica Chambers, New York Times bestselling author

“A funny, witty, and beautiful novel…Rita’s debut novel leaves readers hoping for more fiction in the future.” RT Book Reviews (4 stars)

“Fans of workplace chick lit will find a lot to like in this first novel.” Library Journal

“This deliciously fun read is perfect for fans of Kimberla Lawson Roby or Jennifer Weiner.” Booklist

“Rita’s debut novel reads a bit like a multicultural edition of Sex and the City…Brimming with smart dialogue and ricocheting plot twists.” Kirkus Reviews

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