Lindsay Lohan Memoir

Her family has been chased by paparazzi and splashed across the pages of the tabloids for years and now Dina Lohan, mother and manager of the troubled starlet, Lindsay Lohan, is finally revealing the unvarnished truth as only she can tell it. By taking readers behind the scenes into her and her family's intimate lives, this book is the ultimate catharasis for a Mom who admits her mistakes, asks for forgiveness and finds her way back to herself in spite of living life under the constant prying eyes of a headline-hungry society waiting for her or her daughter's next mishap. A story of shattered dreams, out-of-control addiction, incredible comebacks and a Mother's admission to an imperfect life, this book sets a new standard for Hollywood autobiographies.

Lindsay Lohan is the young and beautiful celebrity everyone's talking about. From her early Disney days as teen queen of the big screen, she has risen through the Hollywood ranks to become a serious actress and internationally famous singer. Lindsay started her show business career as a child fashion model for magazine and television ads. At ten she made her acting debut in the soap operanbsp;Another Worldand atnbsp;11 she made her film debut inThe Parent Trap. Her big break came six years later when she played the lead role in the Tina Fey-pennednbsp;Mean Girls—anbsp;critical and commercial hitnbsp;that propelled both her professional and personal life into the media spotlight. The tabloids are full of details of her friendships with a list of high-profile media favorites, including Paris and Nicky Hilton, Nicole Ritchie, the Olsen Twins, and Britney Spears. And the public are always eager to hear the latest gossip about her alleged relationsips with a string of famous men. Lindsay has had a turbulent life over the past few years, lived out completelynbsp;in the public eye. We have been privy to details about her troubled childhood and her parents' messy separation, and heard rumors of health problems, alcoholism, plastic surgery, drugs, and an eating disorder. Everyone wants to know the truth about Lindsay Lohan, and in this no-holds-barred biography, celebrity journalist Sarah Marshall reveals all about a girl who, though still young, has an incredible life story to tell.

A life of the star of such films as "The Parent Trap," "Freaky Friday," and "Mean Girls" describes the ways in which she is similar to ordinary teens as well as how her experiences are different.

Rajiv Surendra was filming Mean Girls, playing the beloved rapping mathlete Kevin Gnapoor, when a cameraman insisted he read Yann Martel's Life of Pi. So begins his "lovely and human" (Jenny Lawson, author of Furiously Happy) tale of obsessively pursuing a dream, overcoming failure, and finding meaning in life. “This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance. I found myself standing dangerously close to the edge of a cliff. Far below me was an incredible abyss with no end in sight. I could turn back and safely return to where I had come from, or I could throw caution to the wind, lift my arms up into the air . . . and jump.” —From The Elephants in My Backyard What happens when you spend ten years obsessively pursuing a dream, and then, in the blink of an eye, you learn that you have failed, that the dream will not come true? In 2003, Rajiv Surendra was filming Mean Girls, playing the beloved rapping mathlete Kevin Gnapoor, when a cameraman insisted he read Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. Mesmerized by all the similarities between Pi and himself—both are five-foot-five with coffee-colored complexions, both share a South Indian culture, both lived by a zoo—when Rajiv learns that Life of Pi will be made into a major motion picture he is convinced that playing the title role is his destiny. In a great leap of faith Rajiv embarks on a quest to embody the sixteen-year-old Tamil schoolboy. He quits university and buys a one-way ticket from Toronto to South India. He visits the sacred stone temples of Pondicherry, he travels to the frigid waters off the coast of rural Maine, and explores the cobbled streets of Munich. He befriends Yann Martel, a priest, a castaway, an eccentric old woman, and a pack of Tamil schoolboys. He learns how to swim, to spin wool, to keep bees, and to look a tiger in the eye. All the while he is really learning how to dream big, to fail, to survive, to love, and to become who he truly is. Rajiv Surendra captures the uncertainty, heartache, and joy of finding ones place in the world with sly humor and refreshing honesty. The Elephants in My Backyard is not a journey of goals and victories, but a story of process and determination. It is a spellbinding and profound book for anyone who has ever failed at something and had to find a new path through life.

A true-crime, coming-of-age story with a tragic twist: a New York editor’s quest to uncover the truth about the brutal murder of her wild and seductive friend in a “riveting…and thoughtful examination of how we grow up and apart” (Cosmopolitan). As girls growing up in rural New Jersey in the late 1980s, Ashley and Carolyn had everything in common: two outsiders who loved spending afternoons exploring the woods. Only when the girls attended different high schools did they begin to grow apart. While Carolyn struggled to fit in, Ashley quickly became a hot girl: popular, extroverted, and sexually precocious. After high school, Carolyn entered college in New York City and Ashley ended up in Los Angeles, where she quit school to work as a stripper and an escort, dating actors and older men, and experimenting with drugs. The last time Ashley visited New York, Carolyn was shocked by how they had grown apart. One year later, Ashley was stabbed to death at age twenty-two in her Hollywood home. “Original and engaging” (Kirkus Reviews), The Hot One is the story of Carolyn’s emotional quest to find out what really happened to her oldest friend. It’s a journey that takes her through the hills of Hollywood, into courtrooms in Los Angeles, to strip clubs in Las Vegas, and back to her own childhood memories as she tries to unravel why she and Ashley became so different. How did Ashley end up the overtly sexual risk-taker—the hot one—while Carolyn was seen as the smart one, the observer? Carolyn’s “memoir will shock and fascinate” (Booklist) readers as she explores the power of female friendships and pays tribute to the ones that stay with you long after they’re gone.

"A memoir about a life almost lost and a revealing look at the dark side of hip hop's golden era ... a story of struggle, survival, and hope down the mean streets of New York City"--Dust flap jacket.