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El libro y las fotos excelentes de mujeres de mundos de multa. Te quiero del corazón entero Jessica. Deseo más justo ella todo. Mando caliente a sus besos hermosos de bocas. Saludo a español mágico.

This is a good book for Jessica Alba fans, since it gives all the basic essentials about her. It has great photos, and is short enough to read quickly through. It serves as collector's item for Jessica fans.

I love Jessica Alba, and this book is a book for Jessica Alba fans. It will intrigue you, and find out more on Jessica Alba by reading this book. I think this book should be a longer book, but she is only starting out in her career, so I'm sure there will be more information about her and her future works later on. But this book will please the fans, because it is about her. I enjoy reading about her, just as any other fan of Jessica. I feel this book delivers in depth about her. She is truly a talented and gorgious actress who needs to be in the spotlight more. I certainly suggest this book to the Jessica Alba fan, and if anyone knows how to contact her, please let me know, Thank You!

I was somewhat disappointed by this book. It is very poorly written. The novel seems as though it was written by a 5 year old. It also did not go very in depth. All the information in this book you can find on just about any Jessica Alba web site. Also it is already out-dated. One of the good things about the book are the pictures. They picked some nice pictures to illustrate the book. This is one of those things you could skip, unless you're a real albaholic like me.

Great book. I bought two copies to give as gifts. I started reading one and never gave it away - it was so funny and interesting. Really interesting to see the celebrities were just like everyone else when they were 13 -

I first read of this book in the NY Times Book Review, & showed it to my mom-in-law. She seemed very interested, & so gave it to her as part of her birthday gift. She is an avid reader who likes intellectual stimulation. She found the book to be well written & fascinating.

this was a great book. i bought it for my daughter whose bat mitzvah is in a few weeks and she loved it. it was so funny to see the pictures of the celebs and their bar and bat mitzvahs. great gift for anyone who has had or is having a bat mitzvah.

My husband thought I'd like this book after he saw a feature about it on the Today show. I think one of the authors is a contributor to the show with Hollywood gossip.

It's not a bad book but, it could have been much better. The pictures are great! The funniest bit is about Howie Mandel--not much of a surprise since he's a funny guy. Quite a few of the subjects like Noah Wyle and Richard Dreyfuss didn't even have Bar Mitzvahs. Why were they included?

For the most part, the choice of celebrities left something to be desired. It could have been a much better book and more input from the parents and significant others or people who were in attendance would have improved the stories.

If I didn't already have the book, I think I would have waited until it hit the "Bargain Bins" to purchase it.

Lola Douglas put all of the elements together and made the journal look more like a book. Overall, it's not a bad book, but it might be a little more interesting if I've read the previous book: "Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet". Also, this book is really meant for teenage girls who enjoy gossiping and so forth...

Yes, it does follow the trend of books starring celebrities, but it does so wonderfully, even for those of us who haven't read the prequel (True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet).

In MORE CONFESSIONS OF A HOLLYWOOD STARLET, Morgan Carter's average life in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has once more become the life in the spotlight she went to Fort Wayne to escape. Now, Morgan's life is getting to be a bit too much to handle: her boyfriend's mother doesn't want Morgan, a recovering addict, dating her son; Morgan's mother wants her back in LA and the spotlight; and sorting out the parts of her life that would be complicated enough if she were just an ordinary teenage girl, like school and friendships.

This novel is emotional and honest--Morgan is surprisingly real. Engaging prose and likeable characters make this book more than just fun (which is what much of the premise is), but actually serious and really good. I'll certainly be looking for the first book, and hoping for another!

Reviewed by: Jocelyn Pearce

Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet introduced readers to Morgan, a famous actress who was famous before she was old enough to drive. After overdosing at the Viper Room then going to rehab, she was sent to live with her mother's best friend in Indiana. She had to hide her true identity and get a "makeunder" on her famous face, adopting the name Claudia Miller and being forced to attend - gasp! - public school.

If you liked the first book, you'll like the sequel, More Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet. Morgan's story picks up right where it left off. Everyone knows who she is now, but just where does she belong? Morgan struggles with her identity, her sobriety, and her secrets.

This series isn't sugar-coated, to say the least. Morgan is bold. She has more of a presence than many of her contemporaries (meaning other teen novel protagonists who tell their stories in diary format) and she is stronger than she knows.

I recommend picking up both books in one fell swoop. Believe me, as soon as you finish the first book, you'll pick up the second. I hope there are more books in this series, because I think Morgan can only get stronger, wiser, maybe even get that redemption she's searching for, and make herself proud.

Claudia Miller returns to life in Fort Wayne, Indiana, though now she has been outed as famous starlet Morgan Carter. Readers met Morgan in TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A HOLLYWOOD STARLET as she went into hiding in Fort Wayne after almost overdosing to death and a stint in rehab. She was supposed to lay low, be a normal teen and not miss any of her Narcotics Anonymous meetings. That did happen for a while, until one of her classmates figured out who she really was and sold her to the tabloids.

Now, Morgan is trying just to attend class and find private time with her new boyfriend Eli. But he gets a little freaked out when a makeout session in his car leads to paparazzi on the roof of his vehicle. His mother, who loved Claudia, wants Morgan out of the lives of Eli and his twin sister Emily as fast as possible. As a therapist for drug users, she doesn't trust Morgan.

Meanwhile, Morgan's mother wants her back in LA for Thanksgiving, scheduling Morgan for voice lessons and personal training simply because Morgan mentioned that she may want to audition for the lead in her high school production of Oklahoma. Her mother thinks it will help her eventual comeback to Hollywood. She was nominated for an Academy Award, so how hard can a high school audition be?

Things get worse when Hollywood heartthrob Harlan Darly begins telling the press that he never got over Morgan. The reality is that he raped Morgan when she was drunk and very young, and she has not seen him since. She has only told a few people about what happened and isn't sure what to do when the press asks about her relationship with him. Her agent and new stepfather, Sam, doesn't know and is eager to represent Harlan, so Morgan goes along --- up to a point. When she is forced to see Harlan at an A-list party in Hollywood, she knows she has to stand up for other women who have gone through similar ordeals.

Morgan is funny and sincere as she sorts out who she is. While readers may envy her Hollywood connections and designer Marc Jacobs clothes, they will cheer her spirit as she fights to stay sober and sane in two crazy locations.

--- Reviewed by Amy Alessio

I wrote a review about the first US magazine photo book, CRAZYSEXYCOOL, so I thought I'd better write one for this one too. :)

Like the first book, I bought this book not only for the awesome photographs but for autograph collecting purposes also.

The photo of Richard Gere in this one makes up for the microscopic one of him in the first book.

They put alot more new actors and actresses in this one which is cool (Giovanni Ribisi, Parker Posey, Katie Holmes).

My favorite male shot would be Benjamin Bratt.

My favorite female shot would be the 2 pager of Sarah Michelle Geller (something about fishnet stockings on a beautiful woman).

A little overdone on the Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman shots, but overall an excellent celebrity photo book.

Asked to give my opinion on this book by a reader of these reviews, I obtained the book and "read" it. There really is very little to read....more magazine copy to titillate and keep the romp through these photos of contemporary pop icons rolling. Actually, once past the fact that this is not a serious message book or startle book or pretentiously arty book, this is a fun collection of stars having a campy hoot of a time. The photography isn't always that great, but the mood is. Definitely fluff category stuff, but fun at that!

Celebrities are often treated in photographs like gods and goddesses, beyond the pale and untouchable. The poses, postures, costumes, and compositions here are often just the opposite of what you would expect. As such, they reward your sense of humor and give you new dimensions of these personalities. The photographs are extremely well done in large sizes and are excellently reproduced. Top photographers like Mark Seliger, Isabel Snyder, and David LaChappelle provide most of the images.

I would particularly like to praise the design and composition work done on facing photographs. These are brilliantly complementary to each other, and enhance the combined experience enormously. I particularly commend the images of Julianne Moore licking a sabre-like knife next to Anthony Edwards with a Bowie knife, and Chris Farley and David Spender seeming to look at one another in adjacent photographs.

The unexpected comes in many forms. The book opens with Jennifer Aniston bare in black and white, yet coyly covered by her own body in the relevant strategic locations. Men pose in typical female "cheesecake" situations, with wetted-down shirts. There's cross-dressing galore. Drew Carey appears as a lion. With helpers and costumes, you get angels and devils. Tippi Hedron uses a snake like a feather boa. Nick Nolte echoes a famous photo pose often used by female stars of the 40's. Madonna plays with a fake mustache.

There are a few humorous essays, but they are almost beside the point. The images are the thing here. Seeing is believing . . . differently.

I found Leonardo di Caprio's face in the context of crowds and friends to be especially interesting. Other great face photos included Emma Thompson and Jack Nicholson.

Some of the photographs are hilariously . . . well, outgrageous. My favorite is Kirstie Alley with two pink balloons held up to her chest like, well, you know what. She pulls on the knot on one of them.

To appreciate the work in this great volume, I suggest you get out a Polaroid camera and practice mugging with a friend or family member to see what you can do to create your own versions of the unexpected.

Use the outrageous to get in touch with what you normally keep submerged.

A collection of gorgeous and often hilarious pictures of today's hottest celebrities, just about anybody you'd want to see in such a book: Drew Barrymore, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and many more. Perfect for anybody who loves celebrities.

the story of maria tambini, the teenage pop star who rises to fame and then nearly dies of anorexia nervosa, is the main plot device, yet it is not the high point. the strength of the book is the depiction of maria's family, italian immigrants in scotland whose lives were traumatized by world war II, when italians in scotland were attacked for their link to the nazis. the family's fish and chip shop is trashed and maria's grandmother, lucia, is taken to a refugee camp. she is reunited with her daughter, sofia, and tries to escape on a ship, but the ship is bombed and she loses her daughter. the loss cripples her for the rest of her life and o'hagan makes the point in a fascinating way, through a suitcase with items from sofia's life that is returned to lucia 30 years later. o'hagan actually lists the items at the end of the chapter on the saga, which is a beautifully sad moment, one of a few in this fantastic book that doesn't let the main story steal the show. it's amazing how all the reviews you read focus only on maria's saga. how can they have missed the best parts of the book?

There is a "note to the reader" prefacing this book which proclaims it it not based on any one person ,a disclaimer that will ring hollow in the ears of British readers above a certain age who will clearly see the similarities between its main protagonist Maria Tambini ,and the late Lena Zavaroni ,whose tragic career so closely prefigures that of Maria -a child star who died of anorexia nervoso at a tragically early age .
It opens in the Jubilee year of 1977 on the Isle of Bute in Scotland .Maria ,a small child of 13 possesses a powerful singing voice ,and she is discovered by a scout for the TV programme Opportunity Knocks (an actual show ,presented by Hughie Green ,who also appears in the novel ,under his own name ).She is taken to London ,taken on by am ambitious agent ,Marion ,and swiftly enrolled at the prestigious Italia Conti stage school(also a real institution ).She wins Opporunity Knocks numerous times and is eventually retired from the show on the ground she is unbeatable .A hit single follows ,along with a round of TV appearances and sea side variety shows ,as well as sell out shows at the London Palladium ,trips to Vegas and a White House performance .Sadly also featuring are bouts os self starvation ,a heavy lazative ingestion and prolonged bouts of hospitalization .
This is pure Zavaroni -even the interview featured in the book ,whwre she appeared on the Wogan chat show is lifted almost verbatim from the actual programme .It is impossible at least for British readers to escape the " roman a clef "elements of the novel .This is not to downplay its merits as imaginative fiction -merely to point out its reliance on actual people .There are plenty of real people namechecked in the book ,from the unctuous Hughie Green whose oleaginous personality is captured faithfully ,to doyens of British comedy such as Les Dawson .Diana ,Princess of Wales -herself a victim of eating disorders -appears as does Nancy Reagan ,saying it is impossible to be too thin .
Aside from the passages devoted to Maria's career the emotional epicentre of the book lies back on Bute with the family from whom Maria sprang and the milieu of the island and the Italian community in particular is evocatively captured .
The narrative proceeds through a variety of voices particularly various family members ,interviews and letters from Maria's childhood friend Kalpana and her stalker Kevin .Especially vivid are the voices of her neurotic mother ,Rosa ,and her uncle Alfredo ,a womanising barber ,not to mention her grandmother Lucia ,although the cumulative impact of so many narrative voices is a detriment and even confusing at times .
The book works as an account of one person's rise to fame and the world in which it takes place ,a world which is changing and becoming more ruthless. If the narrative now and again bogs down -which it does -there are ample compensations namely in the strongly drawn characters like the Italian clan and Maria's protector ,Michael ,and the pathetic celebrity stalker Kevin .
Its a rich and rewarding book full of incidental detail and some fine minor figures ,like Kalpanna's father ,Dr Jaggadanam .
Enjoy it for its insight into the corrosive impact of too early fame and as a study in deracination -the plight of the person who takes flight from a small place to a larger stage only to discover they are at home in neither one .

The ending is upbeat and cautiously optimistic -would that its inspiration were around to read it .

In a run-down resort town on a Scottish island, a family pins its hopes on the youngest daughter, Maria, who is working on her singing and her looks. As an early teen, she is whisked off to London, where she wins a televised talent contest. Three years later, she is a famous pop singer. By twenty, she is anorexic, looney, and is being stalked.

The characters in Personality are astonishingly complex & well described, the plot is not particularly compelling. Still a fine effort by Mr. O'Hagan, and well recommended!

There's a lot to admire in this beguiling and heartfelt story. O'Hagan deftly whisks us away to the picturesque island of Bute and the beautiful sounding town of Rothesay. Growing up in Australia, and being familiar with British television or "telly" as the British like to call it, there was much in this novel that was familiar to me and so much of it bought back memories: the Basil Brush Show, sausage rolls, LWT, and Opportunity Knocks etc. O'Hagan really brings back to life the 70's TV variety shows and the people who starred on them. And there's no doubt that his research of the period is absolutely meticulous.

Personality is so much more than an account of one young girl's rise to fame and fortune as a "Cilla Black" style variety singer. The Italian immigrant experience - which I must confess I knew nothing about - the terrible disease of bulimia and anorexia nervosa, the meaning of family ties, and the culture of celebrity in Britain are all issues that O'Hagan tackles in this work with differing success. The many multiple story lines and secondary character confessions do, at times, clutter and stifle the central chronicle of Maria's rise to stardom and her battle with eating disorders. However, the secondary characters are still beautifully developed: Rosa, Maria's mother, spends her days running the family "fish and chip" ship in Rothesay, supportive of her daughter, but also regretful of what "might have been"; Lucia, the Italian immigrant grandmother who holds terrible family secrets from World War 2; Mrs. Gaskell the work obsessed entertainment agent who drives Maria to the brink of no return, and Michael, Maria's childhood friend who falls in love with Maria and comes to her rescue later in the novel. There are also many other characters equally rich in detail.

O'Hagan is also a wonderfully descriptive writer and he experiments with different styles throughout the novel - he uses newspaper reports, the epistolary form, and various chapter-like monologues to reflect the characters' inner-most thoughts, and to help tell us the story of Maria, her struggles, and her journey to stardom. This works well in some sections and not in others, and sometimes the novel becomes cluttered with too many subplots. There's also a rather unnecessary twist involving a stalker in part three, which seems hurried and tacked on, and at times, particularly in part three, the story meanders too far from the central plot. But this novel is still worth reading and the fact that the author can authentically transport you to Great Britain in the 1970's and present an era in such vivid detail shows tremendous talent and literary creativity. Anyone who grew up watching 70's British variety shows and has an appreciation for them will just love this book!

Michael.

This book's format would be perfect as bedtime reading, that is, if you wanted to tell your children stories about the shady characters that helped shape San Francisco. I was disappointed that the stories (each of which only takes about 5-10 minutes to read) seem to only graze the surface of each person/event, but overall the book is a good introduction to the city and its colorful past.

Unbelievable as it might seem; "San Francisco... You're History" has within it's pages a few interesting grains of truth, bean-stalk-seeds, or Pollyana inspirations. The curious juxtaposition of character, event, or institution always created in San Francisco a variety unseen elsewhere. One terrific addition to culture, Woodwards Gardens had the effect on public imagination as a circus museum or park, all rolled into one. If you dare to glance at the pages-you have to ask yourself

this question...Woodward's Gardens did inspire the Wizard of Oz and Zardoz? Look and see!

It is a shame that Mr. Pierce is not a high school history teacher, as he is endowed with the infrequently encountered ability to make history come alive with humor, vitality and engaging anecdotes. Whether you are a fifth generation San Franciscan, or someone who lives ten thousand miles away (and never liked history in school) and has no intention to ever visit the City-by-the-Bay, SAN FRANCISCO, YOU'RE HISTORY! remains a book that you will find irresistible, unusual, and sometimes incredible. Pierce has crafted free-standing chapters, each one a unique and riveting story about San Francisco's charlatans (some you'll come to adore, such as Emperor Norton, the self proclaimed Emperor of North America and Protector of Mexico. When he died, more than 30,000 San Franciscans attended his funeral), con men and women, hustlers, robber barons, literati (Twain, Beirce and Bret Harte), eccentrics and more. This is one of those books that makes for great bedtime reading. Each chapter is easily read in a single sitting-- just pick one at random, or a chapter heading that seems to match your present mood. Pierce's spirited-style makes this book just as amusing to reread a second or third time. Pierce is a scholar who has employed extensive research time interviewing historians and sifting through the dark, cob webbed recesses of San Francisco's historical archives. He has deftly metamorphosed his raw material into cleverly written stories, leaving one laughing and smiling, while simultaneously discovering a great deal about the historic characters who helped forge and craft San Francisco into the world-class city that it is today.

I wish Mr. Pierce had been around when my school history text books were being purchased. He demonstrates, in his wonderful history of a unique city, that history is not about dates and place names. It's about people. And, as evidenced by this book, San Francisco has always attracted the most colorful kind. Now most people know that San Francisco is a great place. But this book will tell even long-time residents things they never knew about their fair city. For instance, I didn't know that part of the city was built on boats, or that the Emperor of the United States lived there. This book is a great read but it's also dangerous to those of us who live a significant distance from the City By The Bay. I'm already planning my next trip. Until then, I'll continue to enjoy this book.

My kids are big Spot fans, and this is one of the better Spot books. I like this one because the characters are on an egg hunt, and the child lifts the flaps and sees how the eggs are found. I also like it because the Easter bunny is hiding on every page and that's fun for the child to point out. Also, it's a nice book to pull out in the weeks before Easter to get the child excited / into the upcoming egg-related activities. Buy this one!

A good story for my Spot loving son. It teaches counting as Spot & Helen search for eggs that the Easter Bunny has hidden. My only complaint is that the flaps on the lift-a-flaps are flimsy and are easily ripped off by little hands. The larger spot lift-a-flap books are much stronger.

My name is Marisa Madole. I am in first grade. I LOVE all the Spot lift-the-flap books! My favorite book is Spot's First Easter. I like when Spot and Helen find all of the Easter eggs. I think it was funny when Helen ate all her Easter eggs.

I am a first grader in Lockport, NY. My name is Katherine. I have read all of the Spot lift-the-flap books. My favorite book is Spot's First Easter. I liked when Spot found the most Easter eggs. I liked when he gave one to his Mom. I hope Eric Hill writes 500 more Spot lift-the-flap books!

How refreshing to have access to a book that lets me see what music influences the celebrities that I like and lets me learn about new music I may want to buy!

Check out Cloe Sevingy's list to get a look at a true Alternative music lover. Hilarious! You really get some insight into these celebrities when you see what they consider their "all time favourite albums." I'm really enjoying it. I flip through the book all the time and always see someone or something new.

This book is a long time coming. I mean, really when you think about it , we really ARE what we listen to. This book hits right at the heart of the matter. It has the favorite records of everyone from Monica Lewinski to Shaquille O'Neal to Wynona Ryders to Nikki Sixx' to David Schwimmer to Jackie Chan to Joan Rivers to you Name it... This is a very revealing look at Celebrity record collections like I have never seen it before . Bravo! Bravo !

When I saw that one of Monica Lewinski's favorite albums is "Sexual Healing," I had to buy this book. It's got a bunch of lists from interesting people. Checking out their musical tastes is really fun. This is a cool book that's more than worth a look.

I found this book in my dad's old books collection not too long ago, and its a good work to read. It introduced me to such personalities such as Primmie Niven, Carole Lombard and Huey Long (hey, I'm 23 they were way before my time). Forbes gives great detail and he makes death look interesting, not something to be look forward to. I can tell he had fun writing and researching this book and if Malcolm were alive today I'm sure someone would write a sequel to this book. Perhaps the sequel would have Princess Di (another monarchy figure), Kurt Cobain (Jimi and Jim of the 90s), Dr. Atkins (the so-called revolutionary diet hero dies from a fall) and maybe Malcolm himself. I always read at least one or two biographies in the book before I go to bed.

This book by the late publishing mogul Malcolm Forbes offers a number of intriguing biographical sketches of famous people in history from all walks of life and basically tells how they died. A history professor introduced me to this book sometime ago and I've found it very intriguing... There are a lot of surprises and moments where even the ardent history buff will say "Hey I didn't know that!" It's one of those books that is easy to pick up and read on one of those rainy days.

They Went That A-Way is a collection of over 150 1-2 page sketches of famous personalities, mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries. Each sketch contains a short summary of the person's life and accomplishments, then a description of how they met their end. The book is well done, however I found it a little depressing, as the majority of the personalities were dysfunctional, dying from alcoholism, drugs, or suicide.

I passed by this book 1000's of times, but finally took it off the shelf and saw the very fine print of the subtitle "How the famous, the infamous and the great died". Not the topic I had expected. I love trivia, so my interest was peaked.
From the dust-jacket flap: "Here, for your entrancement and enlightenment, are exits made by 175 people famous during the past 3,000 years". The book covers people from John Jacob Astor IV to 'Mama' Cass Elliot and Ivan the Terrible to Virginia Woolf. Don't know who the person was? He does briefly discuss what made the person famous (or infamous) and sometimes adds in some deliciously odd twists that occurred during the person's life. He then, of course, goes into their often bizarre or ironic deaths.

Forbes speaks in language that is colorful and keeps you so interested that you want to read it from front to back, even though the set-up allows you to pick the book up, turn to any page and learn something that you didn't know before. I enjoyed it immensely.

Even though I have to be completely honest and admit that I actually wrote this book, I have no hesitation in recommending it! It is not only fabulous and funny, but really and truly it saved my life and if you read it you will see how! I have to re-read it every so often to remind myself how wonderful those angels can be, if only we ask them to help us. And if you dont ask, they cant help!

Victoria was in a slump, she had left Shane McGowan, had moved to Dublin and was in a funk when she started communicating with Angels. A woman not unfamiliar with mysticism and who had explored a lot of different ideas and religions she still finds this a little baffling. Still she went with some of the suggestions and found that her life improved. This is her diary. Some of what is suggested is pretty obvious but sometimes it's the way it's said rather than what is said that can help a person move in their life.

Interesting and thought provoking.

I can only hope that this extraordinary and honest glimpse into the life of Victoria Mary Clarke can find its audience. My first thought upon reading it is, "I love it! But how is it going to be successfully marketed?"

I suspect that many who pick it up will only be looking for gossip about her fiancé, Shane MacGowan. It isn't there. It isn't necessary.

The result: Yes, Victoria, you really are your own celebrity, a word with a number of mixed and conflicting definitions and nuances. She is a successful journalist and a woman with an unforgettable life story - a Generation X-er and a daughter of hippies who grows to maturity in the shadow of one of the greatest poets and personalities of rock `n roll, an "older" man and a Baby Boomer.

The book tells her life story intermingled with her yearning for the spiritual. She takes her experiences and challenges of faith to a higher level by contacting her own angels.

They are not chubby Victorian cherubs on greeting cards. They are plural, ethereal, encouraging and non-interfering. She struggles with her own perception of what they really are - a figment of her subconscious? Is it a ruse to lead her on the wrong path? They are neither.

She takes the book into yet another dimension challenging the clutter and overabundance of "stuff" in her life. Like a particularly hip Flylady, she grows wiser and more discerning as time goes on. She learns to make the right choices and learns to believe in herself.

Clarke also has to temper and manage her wordly side and her inner quest to be famous for her own merits, and not of the famous and glamorous company she keeps. She really is a "good" girl - she naturally wants to make the world a better place and leave a gentle and well-tended path in her wake. She wants to do things for others and make a difference, but she still feels guilt about her worldly interests - looking great, having nice things and pleasuring her physical and emotional senses.

She wants to be a celebrity, but she doesn't like being stared at. She will learn to live with it.

In some ways, Clarke is a modern-day "Franny." She yearns to allow herself to be optimistic, to make her own pilgrim way through this complicated world that we all inhabit.