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A Not so Simple Life

Part of the Diary of a Teenage Girl, Maya series
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Fifteen-year-old Maya Stark seems to have it all - fame, fortune, a Beverly Hills lifestyle, and an 80s pop star dad who's making a comeback.

But looks can be deceiving, and on the inside, Maya is miserable.

Her parents are divorced, her dad is away on tour, and being biracial, she struggles with her identity.

Then, to make matters worse, her mother has returned to using drugs and is quickly depleting their finances.

In a plan to become emancipated from her messed-up mom, Maya takes a job on Rodeo Drive.

Selling designer clothes compromises Maya's earth-friendly "green girl" values, but she is desperate.

Just when Maya thinks she's got it all worked out, her life caves in.

Her mom "embezzles" Maya's savings and is later arrested on DUI and cocaine possession charges and is facing jail time.

With nowhere to live, Maya is sent to spend the summer with her relatives.

In the collision of two very different worlds, Maya must figure out where she fits in - or does she fit in at all?

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Multnomah Press
1601421176 / 9781601421173
Paperback / softback
15/07/2008
United States
256 pages
131 x 202 mm, 198 grams