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Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton

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10/10. No notes. A must read for anyone who is or loves a person with ADHD.

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This book is hard to read. Not because it’s written by Paris Hilton (and her ghostwriter) and not for the reasons that people would assume - that it would be vapid and boring and self serving - because this book is none of those things. This book is a hard read because Paris doesn’t spare the details of the horrors she’s endured, especially as a young adult in the “troubled youth” programs. 

This book was absolutely captivating, emotionally raw, stunningly well written, and had me near tears at points. 

You can decide for yourself if you think her book is genuine or a cleverly crafted PR piece, but one thing is for sure, this is a book that all young girls/femmes - teens and early twenties - should have access to. This book can open up a world for them to know that they are not alone, many of their experiences from small to big and light to dark are normal and that they are not the ones to blame. This is a book many teen and young adult girls/femmes (and even many others in the queer community) can relate to, learn from, and see themselves in.

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I didn't realize how little I knew about Paris Hilton until I listened to this. I sincerely enjoyed Paris' narration and appreciated having the opportunity to hear her side of the story. Paris has overcome a lot in her life! An enjoyable, relatively quick listen.

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This is a such a juxtaposition of a person who came up in the public eye of a technology renaissance, but was also subjected to more abuse, trauma, and violence than most combat veterans, and no one knew, and those who did, were in complete denial. This was a person left to the wolves, quite literally, who clawed her way back. It’s one of the most harrowing accounts I’ve ever read, and I recommend anyone who wants to read it, first looks up the content warnings. I found it deeply disturbing, but it left me also with an incredible amount of respect for the person who survived this, and wouldn’t stop fighting until she could thrive.

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