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If You Lived Here You'd Be Famous by Now
If You Lived Here You'd Be Famous by Now: True Stories from Calabasas | Via Bleidner
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If You Lived Here You'd Be Famous by Now is an insiders collection of funny and warmhearted stories about coming of age in the Los Angeles suburb famed for birthing the Kardashian-Jenners and the Bling Ring. For Via Bleidner, transferring to Calabasas High from the private Catholic school shes attended since second grade is a culture shock, not to mention absolutely lonely. Suddenly thrust into an unfamiliar world of celebrities, affluenza, and McMansions, Via takes a page from Cameron Crowe and pretends shes on a journalism assignment, taking notes on her classmates and jotting down bits of overheard gossip. Getting through high school in Calabasas is something elsefrom Kim Kardashian endorsing the students favorite hidden lunch spot, to the theater program hiring a famous dog to play Elle Woods' Chihuahua in its production of Legally Blonde, and Kanye trying to take control of your school to make it the very first YEEZY institution. But instead of floating through high school detached from her peers, Via finds that putting herself out therefor her writing, of coursejust might have been exactly what she needed. She unexpectedly finds an eclectic group of friends to call her own, including a multi-multi-millionaire, a wild-card throwback intent on going viral, a former Disney actor, and a doughnut-dealing madman. With wit, candor, and sharp observations, twenty-one-year-old Via grounds the surreal glamour of Calabasas with reflections on her own coming-of-age, sharing her teenage misadventures as she struggles to fit in, faces crushing social pressure, and eventually makes her own way.
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Full disclosure, my review for this book is 100% biased. Like the author, I grew up in The Valley, went to Catholic school, and even to UCSB for college. And while I‘m sure there are moments of exaggeration, Bleidner‘s voice transported me back to my own high school days, proving that even in Calabasas, a.k.a Suburban La La Land, all the money and celebrity in the world can‘t save you from the lonely and earnest passage of teenage angst.

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Available Now! Narrated by the author who is only 21!!! Via shares her coming of age years growing up in Calabasas, California where classmates were Nickelodeon stars, the school parking lot “looked like an Audi dealership” and Kanye west would drop by to offer mentorship. Needless to say, this wasn‘t your average HS experience. A lighthearted listen 🎧 #BorrowNotBuy #NetGalley

Megabooks This sounds interesting. I‘ll see if I can get one of my libraries to get it. 🤔 3y
EvieBee Your borrow not buy recommendation 😂😂 3y
Cinfhen I find that‘s really useful information @EvieBee 😜😁❣️❣️😘 3y
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Imagine growing up in a community where the Kardashians are your neighbors and your HS theatre program has an annual budget of 18 million dollars!!!! Via Bleidner shares some CRAZY stories growing up in Calabasas. I‘m a bit “old” to find this “relatable” but it‘s eye opening & entertaining. #NetGalley #ARC #Audio

Megabooks I‘m really curious about this! Is the audiobook good? Is it fun? 3y
Hooked_on_books That cover is awesome! 😂 3y
Cinfhen It was good not great / Via ( short for Olivia) narrates @Megabooks I‘d say it‘s a #BorrowNotBuy 😊Cover is what drew me in @Hooked_on_books 3y
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