Filthy Rich - by Dorothy Samuels (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Thrust into the national spotlight as the victim of America's newest TV reality show sensation, Marcy is run down by the media for interviews, the street in front of her apartment swarms with paparazzi, and "everyone" knows her name. This exploration into the instant celebrity that sparks from today's reality television culture is a delightful romp through one woman's unexpected public life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Marcy Mallowitz has just been dumped -- big time! When she incorrectly answers her orthodontist boyfriend's $1.75 million Lifeline question on the top-rated television quiz show <em>So You Want to Be Filthy Rich!</em>, he ends their preengagement in front of twenty million people.</p><p>Thrust reluctantly into the national spotlight, America's newest sweetheart is now being courted by Oprah and hounded by the paparazzi. And soon everyone -- <em>everyone</em> -- knows her name, if only as the punch line to a Letterman Top Ten list. Wise, sparkling, and funny, <em>Filthy Rich</em> is a hilarious exploration of instant celebrity, as well as a delightful romp through one woman's startlingly and unexpectedly public life.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>FILTHY RICH is a sweet, funny meringue.--New York Times Style Section<br><br>Hilarious...Marcy's trials and tribulations will have you laughing at every page.--Seventeen Magazine Online<br><br>Mocks reality TV shows and celebrates the engaging way they give us entree into the lives of strangers...devastatingly funny.--Newark Star Ledger<br><br>"Frothy and good-natured...it's part Bridget Jones Diary, part Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."--<em>New York Times Book Review</em><br><br>"...the most up-to-the-minute reflection on fame in America I have read, and it's funny, too."--Lisa Birnbach<br><br>"A delightful first novel...as timely as can be."--Tampa Tribune<br><br>"A hilarious hay-ride through fame, fortune, and heartbreak. Look out, Bridget Jones, Marcy's ready for prime time."--Adriana Trigiani, author of BIG STONE GAP<br><br>"FILTHY RICH is (a) funny, (b) really funny, (c) very funny, (d) all of the above."--Joel Siegel<br><br>"Laugh out loud funny...deliciously describes the phenomenon of instant celebrity in all its absurd glory....Just plain fun."--Cokie Roberts<br><br>"Very funny...believe me, you'll never forget this first fiction and the book's quirky 30-something heroine."--Liz Smith<br>
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