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This was a phenomenal look behind the curtain of Paris Hilton™️ that I'm afraid people won't read because they think they already know everything. I had no interest in Paris: The Memoir before realizing it was a perfect fit for a reading challenge prompt, and I really wish I'd picked it up sooner. Hilton's life is fascinating, heartbreaking, and memorable in equal measure, and her story is fully brought to life by her own audiobook narration. The bulk of her memoir focuses on her experiences as a teenager in the public eye and imprisonment within the troubled teen industry (including instances of sexual assault and physical abuse that almost brought me to tears), while the last third or so is how she navigated and confronted her own fame in the early to mid 2000s.

Society as a whole is not always kind to conventionally attractive women, especially if they're born into wealth and privilege or seem to "have everything." This was a small peak behind the curtain and, after learning how much Paris puts into the idea we all have of her, I'm grateful for the glimpse.