The Home for Wayward Supermodels

by Pamela Redmond Satran

America’s thirst for all things model related will be quenched with this juicy novel about a young Wisconsin girl who is discovered during a graduation trip to New York City, by the author of the hit novel-turned TV show Younger.The Reasons Amanda's Graduation Trip to New York City is About to Change Her Life 1. Back home in Eagle River, Wisconsin, you don't see many Hideously Ugly Hooker Shoes.2. Here in Manhattan, you might just be walking down the street and get offered a top modeling contract -- on your very first day!3. Her girlfriend Desi knows all the hippest vintage clothing stores -- and where to buy a Marc Jacobs knock-off bag for $20.4. Cannoli, cappuccino, tapas, knishes, gnocchi, chimichangas, samosas, and several hundred other unpronounceable but thoroughly delicious foods you can only eat when you're six feet tall.5. Her sweetheart of a boyfriend, Tom, secretly promises they'll get married as soon as she comes home -- but she's suddenly not sure when that will be.6. She discovers that her mom (who owns Patty's House O' Pies in Eagle River) knows how to speak French -- and isn't saying where she learned how.7. She finds out that the man she thought was her dad isn't her dad....With the skewering eye and sharp humor of The Devil Wears Prada, Pamela Satran's wonderful Midwest-girl-in-the-Big-City novel is a delightful fairy-tale tour of Manhattan's modeling world -- and a poignant adventure of self-discovery.

Genres: Fiction

226 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Pamela Redmond Satran is the author of 20 books, both fiction and non-fiction. Her most recent novel, The Possibility of You, is written as Pamela Redmond and published by Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books. A New York Times bestselling humor writer, she has a new humor book, Rabid: Are You Crazy About Your Dog or Just Crazy?, due out from Bloomsbury in September 2012. She is the creator with Linda Rosenkrantz of the million-visitor website Nameberry, based on the 10 books on baby names they coauthored. Satran also writes The Glamour List column and contributes to The Huffington Post and The Daily Beast.

Reviews

[Tamara · Rating 1 out of 5]

I actually didn’t finish. I read about 50 pages and decided it wasn’t worth the time.

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Buku ini bercerita tentang seorang perempuan yang berasal dari kota kecil, berlibur ke New York sama ibunya, dan....bum, tiba-tiba dia sudah berpose di majalah fashion terkemuka. Dengan perubahan hidupnya yang drastis dan sangat cepat itu, tentu saja dia menghadapi berbagai konflik.

Membaca buku ini terasa datar saja. Entah kenapa, cara bercerita si pengarang membuat pembaca (saya) kurang bisa "masuk" ke kehidupan tokohnya. Jadi, tidak ada kesan yang ditinggalkan begitu kita selesai membaca bukunya.

[Chelsea · Rating 2 out of 5]

A pretty mediocre read. There's no need to go into great detail about all the things I didn't like about this book so I'll leave it at that. I did somewhat enjoy reading about her modeling career though. Even if it was a bit far fetched. It was fun. The rest drove me crazy.

[Cindy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty fluffy chick-lit. Quick read (200 or so pages), but nothing spectacular.

[Anuja · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fun cruise read - entirely unbelievable premise, but it addresses the issues that arise when one leaves the small town where they grew up and discovers that the world is bigger than they thought.

[Chantaal · Rating 2 out of 5]

There's nothing special about this book that sets it out from every other book in the genre, but it was a quick, enjoyable read nonetheless.

[Kristen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lousy book that wants to be the model's version of The Devil Wears Prada, but fails miserably.