From her prison cell, where she's awaiting deportation to a
home country she's never seen, Addison writes out her
version of the events that have led to her incarceration.
To start at the beginning, her parents met, married and
began their family while living at a refugee camp in
Turkey. The family relocated to Slater County, Nebraska,
when Ada was a little girl. She got her Irish-sounding name
from the immigration official who misheard her shy whisper
and wrote down Addison McGhee on the paperwork.
Her mother still wears the veil and works as a Wal-Mart
greeter and her father cleans floors in the local
slaughterhouse. But Addison has come a long way from her
awkward teens and has distanced herself from both her
parent's culture and their Nebraska home.
Addison tries to break into acting and modeling on the West
Coast. After she's discovered by a fledgling gossip news
network, she spends her time flirting on air with her co-
host, Hughes, and making eyes at Baxter, the moody
weatherman. She loves her job, and she loves discussing her
own performances on her show's online message boards under
an alias. Everything gets complicated when Addison comes
back from Las Vegas married to one of her coworkers. Soon,
an incriminating photograph of Addison at the White House
hits the tabloids. After these events lead to her arrest
and possible deportation, whatever is a cover girl to do?
As Addison ponders her predicament, she shares her
delightfully human experiences with breaking into the cult
of celebrity, trying not to disappoint her parents,
learning American etiquette from outdated books, starring
on live television and falling in love.
Beverly Bartlett's exploration of modern
immigration, refugee families, and the assumptions and
stereotypes about multi-racial children enlighten the
reader within the gossipy innuendo of the story. Bartlett
updates the coming-to-America story for the new millennium
and gives us laughter, wisdom and insight in the process.
COVER GIRL CONFIDENTIAL is a highly recommended chick-lit
celebrity romance with an underlying significance for
modern relationships.
She's the host of a wildly popular, top-rated morning show.
Bride of a high-society golden boy. A veritable household
name. An immigrant rags-to-riches story that's the American
dream personified-and so perfect for Hollywood.
Men want her. Women wish they could be her.
But now Addison is in jail awaiting deportation and her
celebrity rating is falling faster than a discount boob
job. Maybe the First Lady's personal vendetta is to blame.
(Addison insists that the president was pulling her onto
his lap when that photo was taken.) Or perhaps everything
started to go downhill when she threw exercise equipment at
her husband on live TV. (Addison says the jerk had it
coming.)
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