Choices
To the Hills and Back Again
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3.9 • 7 Ratings
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- $22.99
Publisher Description
From the star of MTV’s The Hills and The Hills: New Beginnings, a candid and insightful reflection on aughts tabloid fame, the powerlessness and loss of self in toxic situations, and the life-changing power of even our smallest choices.
If you know Audrina Patridge from one of the most successful reality shows ever, MTV’s The Hills, you know that she doesn’t pull punches. For years, she hid the challenges she faced, but now, she’s finally sharing her full story for the first time—and it’s not a neat little story, tied with a bow. This is the unvarnished truth about being young and carefree in Los Angeles, filming The Hills, and getting access to the most exclusive parties, decadent restaurants, and VIP clubs. It’s also the unvarnished truth about darker days, when she lost her confidence, her voice, and even her self-worth as she was pushed to the brink of losing almost everything.
Audrina’s baring it all: the nearly soul-crushing struggles, the beauty of finally reclaiming her power, and the incredible experiences and behind-the-scenes details of The Hills. This is the story of an eighteen-year-old girl who took a chance and had the experience of a lifetime on a reality TV phenomenon that made her a household name and tabloid regular. But it’s also the story of a thirty-six-year-old woman and mother who regained her voice after years in a series of unfulfilling and even toxic relationships. Deeply insightful and wonderfully entertaining, Choices is a story of redemption, renewed strength, and reckoning with the choices we make.
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"It's such a lesson to never judge a book by the cover, or a celebrity by a tabloid picture," writes Patridge, formerly of MTV's reality show The Hills, in this candid debut. Patridge, who had a "simple, family-oriented childhood in Orange County," traces how her early acting career as a teenager and decision to move to L.A. led to her role on The Hills in 2006. Almost overnight, she writes, the show became a "pop culture phenomenon," landing Patridge and her costars on the cover of Rolling Stone in 2008. But as the now 36-year-old single mother reveals, life in the spotlight came with its difficulties. As she details the scrutinies she faced coming-of-age on TV, Patridge elucidates the blurred lines between her professional and personal lives that often led to toxic relationships, culminating in a very public divorce in 2017 from the father of her five-year-old daughter. Despite being prone to self-adulation ("I mean, I was homecoming princess—that should tell you all that you need to know"), Patridge owns her mistakes and uses her rocky past to offer helpful tips to other women struggling to do the same. More than just a typical celebrity tell-all, this moving account of self-discovery is sure to charm fans.
Customer Reviews
A bit repetitive
I found myself skipping through a lot as it was drawn out and she said the same thing over and then skipped over stuff I actually wanted to know more about.