5/28/2023 0 Comments Paris by paris hilton![]() Unlike many other similar stories, there is no tone of self-pity or martyrdom. ![]() Perhaps the most impressive thing about this memoir is the gracious and compassionate eye with which Hilton views her past. ![]() Hilton cites examples of her own as well as those of longtime friend Britney Spears. She also points out that society is beginning to acknowledge the media’s relentlessly exploitative treatment of famous teenagers, especially young women. Though she still suffers from PTSD, the author has become an advocate for shutting down facilities like the ones in which she suffered. Breaking up the heartbreak are the author’s asides about her ADHD. Reading like a prison-break movie, the text chronicles multiple escape attempts, each ending in failure. However, because her parents thought she was partying too much in high school, they sent her to multiple facilities for so-called “troubled teens,” brutal institutions where occupants were subject to cavity searches, beatings, and solitary confinement. Had things gone differently, she might have been able to finish school and become the veterinarian she dreamed of becoming. Like many survivors, she took refuge in her menagerie of pets. ![]() ![]() The author is furiously candid about multiple instances of sexual abuse she suffered as an adolescent. In her debut book, Hilton, with the assistance of a ghostwriter, presents a tender and triumphant account of her life so far. One of the world’s most recognizable personalities delivers a memoir with surprising depth and purpose. ![]()
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