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Confessions of a Hollywood Star

Dyan Sheldon says that her writing for young adults “comes from personal experience. I just make the characters younger. I thought I would outgrow these experiences — but they keep happening.” She is the author of many books for young people, including
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
(the prequel to
My Perfect Life
);
And Baby Makes Two; The Crazy Things Girls Do for Love; and My Worst Best Friend,
as well as a number of stories for younger readers. American by birth, Dyan Sheldon lives in North London.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.

First published 2005 by Walker Books Ltd
87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ

Text © 2005 Dyan Sheldon
Hollywood sign photograph © Beren Patterson/Alamy
All other photographs © Hemera Technologies/Alamy

The right of Dyan Sheldon to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data:
a catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978-1-4063-3923-9 (ePub)

www.walker.co.uk

Table of Contents

Cover

Move Over Scarlett Johansson, Here Comes Lola Cep

My Mother Strikes Another Blow for the Philistines

Carla Santini Reminds Me That I Wasn’t At The Head Of The Line When The Gods Were Handing Out Luck

At Last The Gods Buckle Under My Pleas And Cajoling

Hooray For Hollywood!

Like A Loaded Gun, Improvisation Can Be A Dangerous Thing

Carla Beats Defeat To The Ground And Snatches Victory Out Of Its Jaws

Predictable As Always, The Gods Turn Against Me Again

Things Are Bad, Then Things Get Worse

Giving Up Is Not In My Nature

I Try And Try Yet Again

As If Enough Things Aren’t Going Wrong, Sam Turns Against Me

I Go Through Another Give Way Sign

As Rites Of Passage Go, This One Isn’t As Good As A Wedding

The Longest Day

My Life Is A Bruce Springsteen Song

You Can Only Wonder Why Nothing Ever Goes The Way It Should

Reality Meets My Fantasies Head On

I Decide To Take The Law Into My Own Hands

Into The Future – Forget The Past

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