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Everything Sucks — Hannah Friedman

From Amazon.com...

"When everything sucks,
change everything... And that's exactly what Hannah Friedman set out to do in an ambitious attempt to bust out of a life of obscurity and absurdity and into an alternate world of glamour, wealth, and popularity. Being dubbed 'That Monkey Girl' by middle school bullies and being pulled out of sixth grade to live on a tour bus with her agoraphobic mother, her smelly little brother, and her father's hippie band mates convinces Hannah that she is destined for a life of freakdom. But when she enters one of the country's most prestigious boarding schools on scholarship, Hannah transforms herself into everything she is not: cool. By senior year, she has a perfect millionaire boyfriend, a perfect GPA, a perfect designer wardrobe, and is part of the most popular clique in school, but somehow everything begins to suck far worse than when she first started. Her newfound costly drug habit, eating disorder, identity crisis, and Queen-Bee attitude lead to the unraveling of Hannah's very unusual life. Putting her life back together will take more than a few clicks of her heels, or the perfect fit of a glass slipper, in this not-so-fairy tale of going from rock bottom to head of the class and back again." I began and finished this book on a plane from Minneapolis to Texas. It was a quick and interesting read, I'd definitely recommend it. I loved that it was a memoir, as a future teacher I am always on the look out for a good piece of non-fiction. I will definitely be keeping this book for my students.
While I was not able to relate to Hannah in pretty much ANY way — I loved the voice and the tone of this book (which I can definitely relate too). I love how honest she is and how deliberate her wording is. I felt like I was given a first class seat at the premiere of her life — really. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is looking for something new because this is the first book of it's kind that I've ever read.

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Everything Sucks — Hannah Friedman + review