Gorgeous, Paul Rudnick
Gorgeous, Paul Rudnick
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Gorgeous

Author: Paul Rudnick

Narrator: Elizabeth Morton

Unabridged: 12 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/30/2013

Synopsis

A book that will make you see yourself clearly for the first time.When Becky Randle's mother dies, Becky is whisked from her trailer park home to New York. There she meets Tom Kelly, the world's top designer, who presents Becky with an impossible offer: He'll design three dresses to transform the very average Becky into the most beautiful woman who ever lived.Soon Becky is remade as Rebecca - pure five-alarm hotness to the outside world and an awkward mess of cankles and split ends when she's alone. With Rebecca's remarkable beauty as her passport, soon Becky's life resembles a fairy tale. She stars in a movie, VOGUE calls, and she starts to date Prince Gregory, heir to the English throne. That's when everything crumbles. Because Rebecca aside, Becky loves him. But the idea of a prince looking past Rebecca's blinding beauty to see the real girl inside? There's not enough magic in the world.Defiant, naughty, and impossibly fun, GORGEOUS answers a question that bewilders us all: Just who the hell IS that in the mirror?

About Paul Rudnick

Paul Rudnick’s most recent novel is the acclaimed Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style. His plays have been produced on and off Broadway and include Jeffrey, I Hate Hamlet, Regrets Only, and The New Century. He is the author of eight books, and he’s a frequent contributor to The New Yorker; his writing has also appeared in Vogue, Esquire, Vanity Fair, and more. His screenplays include Addams Family Values, Coastal Elites, In & Out, Sister Act, and the film adaptation of Jeffrey. Find out more at PaulRudnick.com and follow him on X at PaulRudnickNY.

Reviews

Goodreads review by jv on October 03, 2023

What an odd little duck this is. I confess that, as I was reading it, I would occasionally stop and ask myself how I would write a review about it. Frankly, I don’t recall reading anything quite like this. Before I go too far; I love unique and weird, so all aforementioned and following descriptions......more

Goodreads review by Mariana on June 09, 2013

I can name the number of books that make me laugh out loud on one hand. Maybe even on just two or three fingers to be specific. But THIS BOOK. My stomach hurt throughout so many parts of it. When I first saw it, I was a little apprehensive about the concept but I said, "Okay." It was seven thirty in......more

Goodreads review by Heather on September 22, 2015

Will be published April 30, 2013, ARC from ALA. This book was a hot mess!! Terrible dialog, and so overly descriptive is was painful. The premise was cool, but it just didn't work. The 'magic' was never really explained and while it is cool to see a person go from rags to riches, Rebecca/Becky never......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on November 06, 2013

4.5/5 When I was in middle and early high school, I was obsessed with Meg Cabot. There was something playfully magical about her books, kind of like an incredibly fluffy cupcake that you don't want to eat because it looks too pretty. There wasn't much substance to her prose--she preferred the chatty......more

Goodreads review by Karen on August 22, 2013

OH, PAUL RUDNICK. I owe you an apology. Back in June, when you sat down at my table at the ALA Young Adult authors shindig, my brain said, "Paul Rudnick...Paul Rudnick...something to do with movies?" And of course you were flawless of skin and delightfully charming of manner, and so I thought, yes,......more

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