Ready for absolutely nothing
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New York : Hachette Books, 2023.
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9780306831898, 0306831899
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Homewood Public Library District - Adult BiographyBIO CONSTANTINE, SUSANNAHOn Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Floor - Memoir and BiographyB CONSTANTOn Shelf
Woodridge Public Library - Adult BiographyBIO CONSTANTINEOn Shelf

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Published
New York : Hachette Books, 2023.
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Book
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357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
ISBN
9780306831898, 0306831899

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"The fact that Susannah Constantine made her name as a 'style guru' as part of "Trinny and Susannah" from What Not to Wear is the least interesting thing about her . Susannah grew up amongst the great and good of British aristocracy and (unwittingly) trained to be a society bride. Fittingly, Barbara Cartland was her touchstone for romance: she wanted to be the underdog heroine who ended up marrying a prince. Instead she dated Princess Margaret's son for several years and traveled in royal circles, including on the island of Mustique. When that marriage proposal never showed up, she dated Imran Khan -then a gorgeous playboy/cricket player and now the Prime Minister of Pakistan, before meeting her husband. Hers is a tale full to the brim with extraordinary anecdotes. Many of these stories are hilarious and snarky, some are painful, but all of them are honest, gossipy, and show that, in her words, she was "brought up to be ready for absolutely nothing." In sharing a peek behind the curtain, Constantine does not hold back and many bold names appear in these pages. But appearances are deceptive and beneath the balls and glamour, life has had a darker side: her mother's bipolar disorder, her father's inability to cope and her own subsequent alcoholism. Somehow, she had to forge her own life, away from the expectations of others. Which she did and does."--Publisher marketing.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Constantine, S. (2023). Ready for absolutely nothing (First edition.). Hachette Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Constantine, Susannah. 2023. Ready for Absolutely Nothing. Hachette Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Constantine, Susannah. Ready for Absolutely Nothing Hachette Books, 2023.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Constantine, Susannah. Ready for Absolutely Nothing First edition., Hachette Books, 2023.

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