The Liar, the Bitch and the Wardrobe
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
If you’re going to step on people on your way to the top, you might as well do it in stilettos . . .
. . . Or so she’s been told. Lucy Butler, former wallflower, lands her dream job working for her idol, world-famous fashion photographer Stefano Lepres. But in a world where getting doused in coffee for not getting the order right is the new normal, she isn’t getting any closer to her ideal of being behind the camera herself.
Then a superstar actress generously takes Lucy under her wing and teaches her the ways of the rich and famous—treating her to racks of designer clothes and introducing her to a life of private planes and penthouse suites. Soon Lucy is dating a rock star, attending the hottest Hollywood parties, and dressing the part.
Lost in the luxury, she loses sight of the things that once mattered most. It’s going to take a hard blow from the high life to send Lucy back to the real life she always wanted.
From an industry insider—and featuring wardrobes personally selected by celebrity stylist Robert Verdi—this is a novel that will keep you guessing and introduce you to a world you know exists; you’ve just never seen it unretouched.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Kingsley's fun debut, a talented and ambitious photographer named Lucy Butler leaves home in Seattle with best friend and aspiring actress Julie Kaplan to work in L.A. with mad genius photographer Stefano Lepres. Lucy is anything but careful in her new world, and like the sweetly na ve Andrea in The Devil Wears Prada, she gets a foot in the door only to discover that entry costs her family, friends, and self-respect. In this glitzed-out retelling of the rags-to-riches-to-reality tale (okay, not quite rags), the jading of Lucy features a starlet who showers her with designer duds, an adoring rock star, and a posse of fame-hungry friends. Back home for a bit, Lucy brags to old pals, "It's not boring... or raining... and it's never the same shit, different day... not a mundane day-to-day sort of life." But the excitement, as expected, takes its toll. Lucy's rise and eventual return to honesty, tried friendships, and true love are all too predictable, but Kingsley, a blogger and Hollywood insider, manages to infuse an old story with a fresh, gossipy dig at L.A.'s dark side.
