Tried To Make Me Go To Rehab
I said, yes, yes, YES!
No, this is not true confessions. I’m not about to make any startling admissions. I’m talking about the teen novel Rehab by my friend, Randi Reisfeld. [Disclaimer: Totally biased and utterly heartfelt review ahead. Proceed with caution.]
Rehab by Randi Reisfeld
Rehab is a teen version of Entourage mixed with Intervention and served over ice with a shot of The Hills. It’s a story about the excesses of Hollywood and how one young girl can easily be overwhelmed. And it’s one of the most entertaining books about a serious topic that you’re likely to find.
Randi’s biting wit takes a bit ol’ chomp at the celebrity world, dishing out a faux Hollywood story of a good girl gone party girl. Kenzie Cross is about to cross over from popular TV star to tabloid sensation and she’s developing the drug and alcohol dependency that comes with it. At the point her career is about to break, her partying ways start to eclipse her work. Threatened with the loss of a primo role, Kenzie goes in for what her handlers term “pre-hab” to stop the growing problem that she doesn’t see that she has.
Randi captures the Hollywood fakery so well you’d think she lived out here. What I love about Rehab is that it’s a message book that presents the message in an entertaining way. Sure, there are a million little books out there that show the ugly side of rehab and withdrawal: the vomiting … the shakes … the root canal without anesthesia. If that’s what you’re looking for, don’t look here. This is a book that is meant to entertain as well as educate. It’s laugh out loud funny at times, bringing a much appreciated lightness to a touching story of romance and rehabilitation.
So check out Randi’s book. And Randi’s website … which I’ll add to the links page as soon as I do that long promised website update.
And speaking of my writer friends, check out Micol Ostow’s blog all this week for the cyber launch party for her new book, Popular Vote. I’ll be popping in on Friday to join the party that promises to have a bunch of young adult authors stopping by. You should drop in too. There’s going to be prizes galore!