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I finished this one last night and promptly passed out. It‘s a riveting account of the daughter of a multi millionaire who lost everything and went to prison back in the mid 2000s when the economy crashed. Christina Prousalis woke up one morning not knowing that her entire life was about to take a drastic turn. The anger I felt towards her parents and how they acted in the aftermath got worse with every page. I can‘t fathom their actions.

#GetMovin Not sure anyone can really claim a #perfectlife but growing up Christina McDowell describes a real life fairytale 🏰castles and ponies, private planes, never ending parties and all the luxuries until the FEDS arrived at her mansion with guns blazing and they arrested her father; her knight in shining armor. It‘s a fascinating story about greed, money, want & insatiable need but I was unable to find sympathy for Christina. #ImNotEvil

My family got such a nice package today from @Cinfhen 😍😍 She included a book each for me, @Mdargusch and @emilyhaldi plus treats for the girls. Thank you so much Cindy!!! My book is the tagged one, which I‘ve been wanting to read! I can‘t wait to see what my mom and Emily got!

#DecDays I mean no disrespect to Christina McDowell but her searing memoir was the first book I thought of for today‘s prompt #YoungDumbBroke Christina is definitely not dumb, her story is about disillusionment and discovery ~ The story is as much Christina‘s relationship with money as it is with her father, mother & house of lies. Having so much to having almost nothing & lacking the tools to manage. {Still something felt disingenuous }

Going to start this one tonight...sounds intriguing

#LyricalApril Day 18 #MoneyGrabber After Perfect written by Christina Prousalis is a timely tale of greed, misplaced love, corruption, assigning worth towards material possessions and the breakdown of a family. I found both the story & the people involved to be overwhelmingly pompous & lacking sympathy. It was difficult for me to truly feel sorry for any of them, as I did not feel any real remorse. I do respect the author for sharing her story.

Yay! #Bookmail 😊compliments of my lovely daughter 💗She gave thumbs up for After Perfect but bailed on the other two....

As I've said in the past, I'm not really a fan of memoirs. That being said, there was something about Christina's story that drew me in and had me rooting for her on her downward spiral. I'm happy I chose this one as part of a precious #BOTM box.

Bright and snowy afternoons are meant for fluffy blankets and books 💙

Shhhhhh....I'm sneaking in some reading at work 🙈 I am hoping that this crummy Wisconsin weather (rain/freezing rain/ accumulating snow) will keep people home and make for a quiet day. One can only hope.

I'm not normally one for memoirs...but something about this one was intriguing to me. Seeing as thought it's #BOTM eve I thought I would tackle another off my ever growing pile of unread #BOTM picks that life seems to not let me get around to!

Book mail makes a long Monday just a smidgen more bearable.

A little nervous that I purchased a book that has a 0% rating here. I haven't started it yet, but I'm nervous. When will I learn to check!!! 😩