“You’ve got to be kidding,” I said to her reflection. “I couldn’t afford to belong to any club you were in.”
Carla laughed again. I guess she took it as a compliment.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dyan Sheldon is the author of many books for young people, including the sequel to Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen – My Perfect Life – as well as Tall, Thin and Blonde; The Boy of My Dreams; And Baby Makes Two; Planet Janet; Sophie Pitt-Turnbull Discovers America and a number of stories for younger readers. She also writes books for adults. Of Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen – now a major film starring Lindsay Lohan and Adam Garcia – and My Perfect Life she says, “The character of Lola is loosely based on my best friend in high school, who, like Lola, made life in the suburbs far more exciting than it would otherwise have been.” American by birth, Dyan Sheldon lives in north London.
You can find out more about Dyan Sheldon and her books by visiting her website, at www.dyansheldon.co.uk
For Kathy, Patty and Mary
First published First published 1999 by Walker Books Ltd
87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ
This edition published 2010
Text © 1999 Dyan Sheldon
Cover illustration © 2003 Phil Hankinson
The right of Dyan Sheldon to be identified as author
of this work has been asserted by her in accordance
with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
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Table of Contents
MY YOUNG LIFE AND HARD TIMES
A BRIEF ASIDE
I TRY TO LIVE WITH DISASTER
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
THINGS GET BOTH BETTER AND EVEN WORSE
ME AND MY BIG MOUTH
LADY MACBETH AT DEADWOOD HIGH
YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR ENEMIES, BUT NOT YOUR RELATIVES
THE THAW
DESPERATE MEASURES FOR DESPERATE TIMES
OUR MINOR DETAILS GROW
I THROW MYSELF INTO THE PLAY
ONE OF OUR LITTLE DETAILS DISAPPEARS
MY LIFE OF CRIME
ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH
THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MEN OFTEN GET MESSED UP
THE NIGHT CONTINUES AS IT BEGAN
ON THE STREET WHERE HE LIVES
ELLA, I, AND THE GREATEST POET SINCE SHAKESPEARE HIT THE MEAN STREETS OF MANHATTAN
THE ADULT AMONG US
WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE
THINGS TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE
OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEB I’D WOVEN
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
SNATCHING DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
MY WILDERNESS DAYS
NEVER SAY DIE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR