**The international hit that sold half a million copies in France: a chilling work of fiction --but based on a true story--about a friendship gone terrifyingly toxic and the nature of reality.** **** **Winner of Le Prix Renaudot 2015** **Winner of Le Prix Goncourt des LycΓ©ens 2015** Overw
Based on a True Story
β Scribed by Elizabeth Renzetti
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books Ltd;Corvus
- Year
- 2014;2015
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
It might not have happened precisely that way...
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Fresh out of rehab, badly behaved diva Augusta Price has one last chance to turn her life around. Her memoir, Based on a True Story , has become an unlikely hit, and she's going to use that fame to start afresh. But Augusta is her own worst enemy.
Augusta discovers that her former lover is planning a tell-all book of his own. Enraged - and concerned that perhaps her version of events may not have been the most accurate - Augusta decides to ensure that her story is the only one that will see the light of day.
Aided and abetted by Frances, her newly-employed ghostwriter, Augusta finds her way back to California, and to her lost love. It's time to face up to her past: something that will be the making - or breaking - of Augusta Price.
Hilarious, honest, and unforgettable, Augusta _will find her way into your heart - and steal it, and all...
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