What Pretty Gets You
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4.3 • 29 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
19-year-old Maia works a kiosk at Philadelphia International Airport, waiting to be discovered and watching people's lives take off while hers stays stagnant. When a handsome commuter charms her with stories of the perfect life in the snow-capped mountains of Colorado, she rashly follows him into a future she was not expecting.
Desperate to regain control of her life and sentenced to bedrest in her second pregnancy, Carolyn makes the dangerous decision to hire the young woman she suspects is sleeping with her husband to be their nanny. Friends close; beautiful enemies closer, she reasons.
Carolyn and Maia harbor secret pasts. What unfolds in Boulder over the summer exposes the gritty underbelly of their dreams and forces both women to question the bounds of loyalty, the complicated nature of female friendship, and the privilege and peril of physical beauty.
Customer Reviews
Captivating
From the first page, I was allured into the book not only by the easy flow of first person narration, but also by the relatability to Maia’s and Carolyn’s perspectives and lastly their worryingly juxtaposed circumstances. Curiosity spurred me to find out how their seemingly impossible situation was going to play out. A realistic example of human vulnerability, strength, and how timing, environment and unexpected choices shape our destiny