by Erika Jayne
First published 2018
Erika Jayne opens her life completely in this candid memoir. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star explains how she created her pop performer persona to escape being just another wealthy woman. She traces her journey from ordinary life to dance floors and recording studios, building a career as a singer and model. Jayne describes her choice to join reality television and the impact on her personal relationships. She examines her marriage to attorney Tom Girardi, who is thirty-three years older, and the complexities of family dynamics under public scrutiny. The book explores the tension between her public image and private struggles. Jayne argues that her alter ego saved her from invisibility and gave her purpose. She presents herself as someone who refuses to apologize for ambition or transformation. The memoir serves as her defense of choices that others might question and her celebration of reinvention at any stage of life.
Genres: self-help, autobiography, contemporary, memoir, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: candid, emotional, intimate
Tropes: celebrity, memoir, public-figure
304 pages · Hardcover · Gallery Books