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Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton
3.5

For a celebrity memoir, this was well written, engaging, and fairly grounded. It isn't the next great American novel but it is good for what it is. Paris doesn't evade recognition of her privilege but also details the horror she's been dealt in terms of her early and persistent sexualization and the stripping of her autonomy in a variety of ways. The story of her time in various "therapeutic boarding schools" will no doubt help other victims of the troubled teen industry. I'm glad this book is out there.