Taken from Amazon:
Everything in Arabelle's life is coming together. She has
confidence, great friends, she's even dating Naak, a wealthy Thai socialite.
But there are too many models in Bangkok. Arabelle’s broke, she can’t find an agent in
New York, and Naak isn’t as wonderful as he first appears. Slowly the Shadows
creep back into Arabelle’s mind, bringing with them thoughts of hopelessness
and despair. The vile Shadows know something Arabelle’s refusing to remember
and, if she’s not careful, they’ll use it to destroy her. Based on a true
story, Arabelle’s Shadows takes us on a journey through the struggles of
growing up, not quite making it as an international model, and attempting to
overcome a crushing depression.
Review:
Arabelle’s Shadow is written as a diary, so it took me some
time to get us to the writing style. I
felt like I was spying on Arabelle, reading her personal thoughts and
feelings. By reading her diary I also
felt like I very much understood her and her shadows.
When I first starting reading I was worried that this would
just be a story of Arabelle’s struggles with modeling. There was so much more to the story. It was a story of a broken family, torn apart
by alcohol and money. The struggles
Arabelle shared with us opened my eyes to the world models live in. It isn’t all high power parties and fun. The drugs, self doubt, sex, and money
struggles were alls ome of Arabelle’s shadows.
Knowing that this was based on a true story made this an even more
touching story.
I would put this novel in contemporary or realistic
fiction. It was a very real novel that I
enjoyed very much.
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