Testimony from Your Perfect Girl, Kaui Hart Hemmings
Testimony from Your Perfect Girl, Kaui Hart Hemmings
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Testimony from Your Perfect Girl

Author: Kaui Hart Hemmings

Narrator: Amy Landon

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/14/2019


Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Descendants comes a compelling coming-of-age tale where a young privileged girl living life at the top . . . suddenly finds herself living with estranged family after her father is accused of fraud.

Life is sweet . . . until you lose it all.

Annie Tripp has everything she needs—Italian sweaters, vintage chandelier earrings, and elite ice-skating lessons—but all that changes when her father is accused of scamming hundreds of people out of their investments. Annie knows her dad isn’t at fault, but she and her brother are still exiled to their estranged aunt and uncle’s house in a run-down part of Breckenridge—at least until the trial blows over.

Life in Breckenridge isn’t quite up to Annie’s usual standard of living, but she still manages to make friends, get a crush (or two), and realize that she has more in common with her aunt and uncle than she ever wanted to know. As the family’s lies begin to crumble and truths demand consequences, Annie must decide which secrets need to see the light of day . . . and which are worth keeping.

About Kaui Hart Hemmings

Kaui Hart Hemmings has degrees from Colorado College and Sarah Lawrence, and she was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Her first novel, a New York Times bestseller, The Descendants, has been published in twenty-two other countries and is now an Oscar-winning film directed by Alexander Payne and starring George Clooney. She is also the author of a story collection House of Thieves, the novels How to Party with an Infant and The Possibilities, and the YA novel Juniors. She lives in Hawaii.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kat on February 05, 2019

* Thank you Penguin Teen Canada for the advanced copy, in exchange for my honest opinion * ACTUAL: 4.25/5 his novel follows Annie Tripp, a teenage girl who has everything she needs: designer clothes, elite figure skating lessons, and more. However, her precious world shatters when her father is accuse......more

Goodreads review by Sasha on September 04, 2019

2.5 As with the other books Hemmings has written, I found the main character to be privileged and hard to like. The plot was overly simple and obvious. The relationships within the family and with new friends should have hooked me but dragged on in their unimaginative blathering. I feel like her boo......more

Goodreads review by Rhiannon on January 02, 2022

I had been avoiding this book for months because it seemed kind of lame, but I was so wrong. It was pleasantly surprising, wonderful in so many ways. I loved watching Jay & Annie get to know their aunt & uncle, Skip & Nicole. The family dynamic was perfect. Just right. Annie became so much more leve......more

Goodreads review by Molly on June 26, 2020

It took me a while to get around to this one. The main character is spoiled and difficult to like at first, but as she learns about her father's unethical real estate dealings and where her privilege comes from, she does learn and grow. It's not fast-paced or extremely compelling, but it is a nice,......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 17, 2019

In material terms, sixteen-year-old Annie Tripp, Colorado high school junior, pretty much has it all. Her father is a millionaire property developer, she lives in a big, fancy house with a housekeeper and a cook, and there’s no limit on her credit card. But then criminal charges are brought against......more