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All I Ever Wanted Was to Be Hot
- Narrated by: Lucinda 'Froomes' Price
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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Publisher's Summary
‘I have always known that to be hot is to be powerful. For most of my life, I just took it as the way things are, a fact not worth interrogating since it’s so obviously true.’
Up until her twenty-fifth birthday, the number one priority in Lucinda Price’s life was to look good. She nipped, tucked, cut, plucked, shaved, tanned, crunched, squatted and starved. Then, she broke down.
All I Ever Wanted Was to Be Hot is a funny, provocative retrospective on the last thirty years of Western beauty standards. From the Pussycat Dolls to Victoria’s Secret, The Girls of the Playboy Mansion to Lara Bingle, the media of the 2000s was littered with high profile examples of hotness as the highest form of social currency. Is it any wonder a girl growing up in that era might believe “good looks” were as integral to womanhood as having a pulse?
With her offbeat humour and incisive cultural commentary, Lucinda tells the unfiltered story of a young woman overcoming an eating disorder, illuminating our enduring obsession with appearance by holding a mirror up to herself, and in turn, all of us.
A hilarious, insightful deep dive into self image, desirability, pop-culture and power. A sparkling debut by one of Australia’s most beloved creators and comedians, Lucinda Price aka Froomes.
Critic Reviews
‘A book for the modern woman, laced with unflinching, glorious honesty.’ Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews, co-founders of Shameless Media
‘A funny, real interrogation of Australia’s body image problem, and a call to arms to dismantle diet culture.’ Chantelle Otten, author and sexologist
‘A feminist manifesto, a younger millennial gospel, with unparalleled candour and self awareness. I inhaled this book – it’s going to be big.’ Jessie Stephens
‘Brilliant, funny and brutally honest, this is a must-read for anyone trying to navigate through this incredibly complex, image-obsessed age.’ Myf Warhurst
‘If Tina Fey and David Sedaris had a child, it would be a book … this book.’ Ryan Shelton
‘My book of the year. Whip-smart. Hilarious. Honest … Lucinda is a genius who captures and melds the deeply serious and deeply funny in a way few writers can.’ Hannah Ferguson
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- Anonymous User
- 19-09-2024
Very Relatable, heartwarming and super interesting
Although I was a teenager a few years above Lucinda, this book is so relatable to being a teen in the 2000’s and it’s very heartwarming to hear her tell her story from the other side of it all now.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-09-2024
Incredibly illuminating
Well written. I have craved the intelligent dissection of this kind of personality. Introspective and well researched.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-09-2024
Relatable, funny and easy to read/listen to
Loved listening to this, highly recommend this book. Found it hilarious and super relatable, love!
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- Anonymous User
- 09-09-2024
THANK YOU LUCINDA
I think I finished listening to this book in about two days. Completely enthralled by how relatable, serious but also satire it was. This book has held a mirror up to my behaviours around self image and I hope it will change the lives of so many women’s ideals like it has mine. WE ARE ALL SO HOT
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- Helen
- 11-11-2024
A woman’s Confidence is what makes her Hot
Knowing Lucinda from her childhood I am so proud of how she has developed as a woman.
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- Ally
- 15-09-2024
Honesty is hot!
An authentically told tour through the author’s past including her preoccupation with her appearance, the cosmetic changes she made, and her eating disorder. Her recovery and new zest for life is, well, hot. Thanks Froomy for a great listen, your voice has so much character and I really enjoyed it.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-09-2024
Frooes’ honesty and wit
Write more pleasee, was like having a wise funny friend in my ears for 3 days straight :’)
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- Anonymous User
- 20-09-2024
A must read
My CEO!! Well researched, personal, funny, informative and evocative - thank you for this wonderful read!
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- Anonymous User
- 01-10-2024
Relatable AF
This book was so relatable and I got something out of every chapter, even if some were just a chuckle! Froomes if you ever read this, THANK YOU and anyone else reading this if you are thinking about Listening/ Reading this book BLOODY DO IT - You won’t regret it 😊
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- Anonymous User
- 27-10-2024
It’s time to rethink what’s HOT
This is the book I never knew I needed. Froomes’ writing is smart, honest and heartfelt, as well as funny AF. Her well-researched chapters often made me literally stop what I was doing and re-examine my values on what constitutes beauty and health. Will 💯recommend this book to all my friends, no matter their “BMI”.
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