Making Connections discussion

Genre: Memoir
Page Count: 210

Book Description:
Written with the taut, plot-driven momentum of a fictional yarn, this true story reveals an insider's intimate details of the glitter and grit lived by Hollywood's children.

Wedged between talkative, fidgety older brother Spencer (more equipped to interact with electronics than people) and younger sister Grace (a bubbly, pink-sequined, girly girl), tomboy Trish grew into the family golden child - ;unwittingly providing fuel for her narcissist father's cruelty. Add an alcoholic wannabe movie star mom and a Southern California community full of itself like no other and you have the ingredients for an unforgettable story.

Life for the author and her siblings ricocheted between forced conversations with beautiful people and a house rife with deafening silence. Eventually dreams of stardom eroded, tension became unbearable, and the family imploded. That was just the beginning.

Left on her own, Trish descended into a desperate world of addiction and risk—both physical and emotional—unimaginable from the spoiled, fantasy life of her childhood. A nineteen-year-old boyfriend introduced her to sex at thirteen and became her gateway into a world that her parents never could have imagined. You'll find yourself shaking your head in wonder as Trish uses her wide-angle (fisheye) observations to guide us through jaw-dropping experiences.

With remarkably adept word craft from a debut author, Thorpe explores issues that are both intensely private and startlingly universal. Drawn from journals she kept while working through personal issues, "Fisheye" carries us from the depths of the unthinkable to an ultimate place of positive reawakening. Yes there are elements of this story that appeal to us individually, but Thorpe's triumphant emancipation from her past belongs to us all.

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Reviewers:
1. Danielle
2. Jaideep
3. Heather
4. Vicki

Hello! This memoir sounds wonderful. I'd love to review it for my blog, The Reader's Commute:

http://thereaderscommute.blogspot.com

Danielle V.
thereaderscommute@gmail.com
PDF Format, please!

Sent your request Danielle

jaideep, jaideepkhanduja@gmail.com format: pdf

thanks!

sent in your request Jaideep

I'd like to read it too, please.

heathergirl1111@gmail.com

Thank you!

Tana wrote: "sent in your request Jaideep"
yep. got it.

I'd love to read/reviews. Epub format to bibliofreak50@gmail.com

Heather which format do you need


sent in your request Vicki

Heather uses Epub. I sent her request :)

Thank you, Sheri, for having my back there :)

Lol! No problem :)

So glad to have gotten the chance to read and review this book! I've posted my review on Goodreads, Amazon, and my blog. http://thereaderscommute.blogspot.com...

Sheri, thanks for setting up this post!

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Here is my review. You can cross my name off, Tana.(I love that feeling!)

:)

Tana, I never received my copy. :(

joining in - in a couple of hours. Meanwhile you can enjoy an interview with the writer of this book:
http://pebbleinthestillwaters.blogspo...

Vicki I emailed the author.

Thanks

Vicki, Trish just emailed you another copy. Let me know if you get it.

Tana wrote: "Vicki, Trish just emailed you another copy. Let me know if you get it."

Got it this time. Thank you, Tana! :o)

here is the link to the review posted:
http://pebbleinthestillwaters.blogspo...

Aloha Brandt
Doc.Aloha.Reviews@gmail.com
Format: Mobi

Thank you!!!