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Sara Faith Alterman (Author)
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August 23, 2005

There's something going on in this Great Land of ours -- more and more people are famous for being famous. Now, one of the Avon Trade program's brightest young voices examines what happens to an ordinary young woman who ends up in some pretty wild circumstances.

When a Hollywood heartthrob moves in next door, Julie finds herself thrust into the spotlight and becomes a bona fide celebrity for no good reason at all! But the man known as "The Sexiest Man in Hollywood" is living in her somewhat shoddy building so he can "learn to live like the little people" while preparing for a new role. When Julie is caught by the paparazzi leaving his apartment, clad only in a bathrobe, the publicity machine takes over. Suddenly, Julie is the "new and normal" girlfriend. So fresh! She works as a waitress... So normal! She's a whopping size 10. Amazing, Julie and, by extension, her friends, even her mom, become famous simply for being, well, famous.

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L.A. denizen Julie Jormano, 24 and a size 12 in a land of size 2s, waits tables at Junebugs, her boss a lisping, mean-spirited woman-hater. Two friends lift her spirits, the slutty, foul-mouthed Billie, a girl she's known from grade school; and her ornery half-pit bull, half-Rottweiler, Riley. The day she moves into her new apartment, she discovers one of her neighbors is Chad Downing, the blond American movie star (think Brad Pitt) who's been Julie's dream boy forever and is covertly renting the apartment to research an upcoming role. A twist of fate brings them together in public, and when paparazzi photos of the pair spike Chad's popularity, his publicist arranges a fake romance that will charm a public anxious to see a waitress gets her 15 minutes of fame. Julie's in heaven, but she has yet to learn that Chad is not the charmer he seems. In fact, the Junebugs customer she's been flirting with-tattooed Tyler, "tall and slim, with spiky black hair and killer green eyes"-might actually be the man she's meant to be with. Marred by the blithe frankness of Julie's talk on sex and excrement, which almost overpowers the book's charms, this is nevertheless an engaging satire of fame and modern romance.
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (August 23, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060755911
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060755911
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,699,370 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars fabulous satirical tale, August 26, 2005
This review is from: My 15 Minutes (Paperback)
In Southern California, size 12 waitress Julie Jorlamo thinks God is missing an angel since highly regarded actor Chad Downing moved into her building. Chad is conducting research on how the working class lives for an upcoming role. She will soon reconsider her belief star system when the paparazzi catch Julie leaving Chad's temporary apartment in a bathrobe due to a "matchmaking" canine. This explodes into a media feeding frenzy. to learn who is the lover of America's heartthrob. Phil the publicist drums up the concept of royal Hollywood dating a commoner.

As Chad escorts Julie around the town to the swankiest of galas and events, the star-struck waitress sees how shallow the glamour and glitter truly are. As her fifteen minutes of fame begins to wane, Julie just wants to return to her normal boring life as Hollywood has opened her eyes to celebrity-ism.

MY FIFTEEN MINUTES is a fabulous satirical tale that lampoons the American worship of movie stars and other figures on pedestals. The story line is at its lampoonist best when the starry eyed waitress oohs and ahs her way into high society though she just the waitress next door, which she soon receives an education as such to remind of this. When the plot veers towards chick lit territory it loses some of the sting as inanity replaces stinging social wit. Still this is a fabulous glimpse at who is a hero.

Harriet Klausner
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars I didn't like it either..., September 21, 2005
This review is from: My 15 Minutes (Paperback)
Sorry, I just didn't. None of these people were likeable, not even Julie. To really get inside a character's head I need to feel some sympathy for her, and that didn't happen here. She was as shallow as Chad, and I hated the way she let everyone walk all over her. Chad (and every other person in the story) treated her like dirt, but I didn't care enough about her to either be enraged on her behalf, or to root for her to stand up for herself. And yes, way too much throwing up. The rest of the characters were too exaggerated, so not only was Chad a complete jerk, he came off like a cartoon villain, as did Julie's boss at the restaurant. Billie, who was supposed to be zany and loveable, was just annoying. That guy who had a crush on Julie and hung around the restaurant every night to see her (I can't even remember his name one day after finishing the book) was obviously supposed to be the good guy, but he struck me as creepy - can we say stalker? Ugh. I know this is fiction and I would have been willing to suspend belief enough to get into the implausible plot, but I disliked these people so much I couldn't do it.

For a much better story of sudden fame by association, read "The Year Of Living Famously" by Laura Caldwell.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of those books I didn't want to put down!, October 16, 2005
This review is from: My 15 Minutes (Paperback)
I missed my stop on the subway multiple times on the way home from work because I couldn't put this book down. I even laughed out loud at times. It was cute, engaging, funny, and witty. The characters were very real - i felt I could really relate to their lives. It was so refreshing to read something fun and smart for once. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good laugh.
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Chad Downing, Julie Jorlamo, Miss Jorlamo, Katarina Conrad, Miss Julie, John Dough, Mister Squiggles, Super Pooch, Cookie Ferris-Clayton, Faith Alterman, Mardi Gras, Mith Jorlamo, Veteran Joe, Asian Invasion, Fancy Pants, Herr Phil, Pithy Mithy
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