fame

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fame

Fragile power

why having everything is never enough
2019
"Having treated some of the world's most successful people, psychotherapist 'Dr. Paul' sets out to answer why so many people who have everything end up feeling as though their achievements are never enough-as well as what that pattern can reveal about ourselves and the society in which we live"--Provided by publisher.

Kiss & tell

On boy band Kiss & Tell's first major tour, lead singer Hunter Drake grapples with a painful breakup with his first boyfriend, his first rebound, and the stress of what it means to be queer in the public eye.

If this gets out

Best friends and members of a popular British boy band find their once-easy rapport straining under the pressures of fame and their management's decision for gay singer Reuben to stay in the closet.

Pottymouth and Stoopid

2019
"Two bullied underdogs finally win the day when their troubles inspire a hit TV show"--Provided by publisher.

Malibu rising

a novel
"Set against the backdrop of the Malibu surf culture of the 1980s Malibu Burning follows the daughter of a famous singer who, once she finds fame, must grapple with the fact that her father abandoned her and her siblings when they were young"--.

A chorus rises

2021
Once Portland-famous and now infamous, seventeen-year-old Naema Bradshaw is an Eloko--a charismatic person gifted with a melody that people adore--who navigates a personal and public reckoning, confronts the limits of her priviledge, and discovers the nature of her Black girl magic.

I used to be famous

2019
Kiely, who is used to being the star of the show in her family, must learn to share the spotlight with a new starlet--her baby sister.

Followers

a novel
Orla Cadden, an aspiring novelist who is stuck writing clickbait, meets Floss, a striving celebrity, who comes up with a shady plan to make them both stars. Thirty-five years later, a woman named Marlow is a government-appointed celebrity who spends every minute on camera and wants nothing more than to escape her ruthless corporate sponsors. It's then she learns of her dark family past, so she escapes her fake reality and sets out on a quest to find the truth about her family.

Trouble times two

Daisy promises a celebrity client that she can shop at Minnie's Bow-tique in peace and quiet, unfortunately Minnie's twin nieces are also there and they are not peaceful or quiet.

I am famous

2018
"Kiely knows she is famous! The paparazzi (her parents) follow her every move, documenting it all with cameras. It's exhausting being famous, but someone has to do it! She even gets to perform a big song at her grandfather's birthday. When she messes it up, she's worried she's lost her audience forever, but it turns out that no one is as loyal as her fans who love her"--.

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