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majorbabs	Post subject: Read this book or redesign Pg 4A--your choice Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:48 am
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 744 Location: HuskerLand	What can one say about a novel named "Star" from former Baywatch girl, Pamela Anderson? Taken from the Bookwire site:<p>"It was her beloved grandfather, Papa Jens, who urged her to embrace all that life has to offer. Accepting his advice, Star is shocked to learn that an innocent evening at a football game can set off a chain of life-altering events. One minute she’s cleaning the tanning beds at Talon’s and the next she’s being primped and prodded in preparation for the cover of a national magazine. <p>What a difference a day makes. <p>Playful, bawdy, and curl-your-toes sexy, "Star" is a breathless romp through tinsel town and tabloids. An insider’s look at the world of inflated egos and inflated bodies, Star goes well beyond the clichéd air-kisses and casting couches of Hollywood to show what really happens when A-list meets D-cup, when girl becomes goddess. <p>PAMELA ANDERSON is one of the most recognizable women in the world and the mother of two. She lives in a small town on the California coast. “Ghostwriter” Eric Shaw Quinn lives and works in Los Angeles. She’s from Ladysmith, British Columbia; he’s from Natchitoches, Louisiana—just two small-town kids trying to make it in the big city. They are very proud of Star , their first work together; but a little disappointed that they could spend this much time together and not be linked romantically in the tabloids.
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DominEditrix	Post subject: Re: Read this book or redesign Pg 4A--your choice Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:40 pm
Joined: Thu Dec 18, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 458 Location: Heart of Global Warming	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by majorbabs: PAMELA ANDERSON is one of the most recognizable women in the world and the mother of two. <hr></blockquote>And I thought her children were boys.<p>D.
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Gatekeeper	Post subject: Re: Read this book or redesign Pg 4A--your choice Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:12 am
Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 309 Location: Upper Midwest	I'd rather redesign 4A, thank you.
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hound	Post subject: Re: Read this book or redesign Pg 4A--your choice Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:26 pm
Joined: Sat May 22, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 747 Location: NE USA	Still - the comment drips of genius - "when A-list meets D-cup"...
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