Everything You Ever Wanted, Jillian Lauren
Everything You Ever Wanted, Jillian Lauren
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Everything You Ever Wanted
A Memoir

Author: Jillian Lauren

Narrator: Jillian Lauren

Unabridged: 8 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/19/2015

Synopsis

In her younger years, Jillian Lauren was a college dropout, a drug addict, and an international concubine in the Prince of Brunei's harem, an experience she immortalized in her bestselling memoir, Some Girls. In her thirties, Jillian's most radical act is learning the steadying power of love when she and her rock star husband adopt an Ethiopian child with special needs. After Jillian loses a close friend to drugs, she herself is saved by her fierce, bold love for her son as she fights to make him—and herself—feel safe and at home in the world.

Exploring complex ideas of identity and reinvention, Everything You Ever Wanted is a must-listen for everyone, especially every mother, who has ever hoped for a second act in life.

About Jillian Lauren

Jillian Lauren is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Some Girls and the novel Pretty. Jillian holds an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University, and her writing has appeared in the Paris Review, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and other publications. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their son.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tony on May 04, 2015

Jillian is a writer with guts. This book is more than a memoir of adopting her son Tariku, it's about the human condition. Jillian dug deep for her third book and it shows. I can't recommend it highly enough. If you read her first book about her experience in a harem, you know that her life experien......more

Goodreads review by Danna on June 24, 2015

I am surprised by how much I loved Jillian Lauren's Everything You Ever Wanted, a book about the hurdles of parenting. As a childless, not-interested in mothering, single woman, a book about exactly the opposite held little appeal. I read it anyway because I was swept-off-my-feet in love with Lauren......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on August 09, 2015

Beautifully written, strong, heartfelt, and deeply moving - READ IT!......more

Goodreads review by Eileen on June 17, 2023

I don’t have the words to express how much I liked this book. The author felt like she would be a friend or neighbor and you are with her on her journey.......more

Goodreads review by Tami on June 11, 2018

Wow.......more

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