The Truth About My Success, Dyan Sheldon
The Truth About My Success, Dyan Sheldon
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The Truth About My Success

Author: Dyan Sheldon

Narrator: Tara Sands

Unabridged: 7 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/09/2015

Synopsis

What happens when a bratty teenage star and a hardworking waitress get a taste of each other's worlds? Featuring the bestselling Dyan Sheldon at her snarky, entertaining best.Paloma Rose is sixteen and already a major TV star. She has money, franchises, adoring fans—and an agent and parents who are dependent on her success to sustain their very comfortable lives. But all that could come to an end when Paloma becomes more famous for her bad behavior than for her acting, and her show's sponsors threaten to cancel the upcoming season if things don't improve.Meanwhile, Paloma's worried agent happens upon Oona Ginness working in a coffee shop. Maybe she's not as tall or as blonde as Paloma, but small details aside, they really might be twins. So a plan is born: what if they sent Paloma to a boot camp to become a better person, and put the malleable and much nicer Oona in her place? Oona thinks it's a stupid idea, but the money is hard to resist, given her family's dire circumstances. What does she have to lose?But plans don't always work out the way they're supposed to....

About Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon is the author of many novels for young readers, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, which was made into a major motion picture; The Crazy Things Girls Do for Love; and One or Two Things I Learned About Love. Dyan Sheldon was born in Brooklyn and now lives in North London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on July 02, 2015

Paloma Rose is sweet and cute...Or used to be and still is on rare occasion on her rapidly failing teen TV show. These days, she's more likely to be caught in an embarrassing or compromising photo or situation that makes YouTube or the tabloids. This is in part because she's turned into a spoiled br......more

Goodreads review by Paz on January 07, 2018

No me aguanté y lo terminé al tiro. Me gustó mucho la historia, la encontré súper entretenida. Es una lectura ideal para el verano. El personaje de Oona me encantó desde el principio. Es una persona fuerte, decidida y con carácter. Paloma, por el otro lado, era súper odiosa en u principio, pero a medi......more

Goodreads review by Aly on June 13, 2017

Absolutely adorable. I really enjoyed the story......more

Goodreads review by Daisy on June 09, 2017

I managed to get through this book very quickly, and it kept me mildly entertained, but it's one I'd say you could easily pass by. With the predictable storyline and forgettable characters, I would say the one original thing it has going for it is the writing style, and even that was quite off-putti......more

Goodreads review by Paige on October 19, 2015

I received The Truth About My Success by Dylan Sheldon from the publisher and this is my honest review. In this novel we meet teenager Paloma Rose. She is the star of a very popular tv show. The only problem is, she is a complete terror to all of those around her. The story starts off by showing us h......more

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