Good time girl

Heather Gay

Book - 2024

"In Bad Mormon, Heather Gay pulled back the veil on her orthodox adolescence and marriage in the Mormon Church, and the painful process of leaving it all behind. Becoming a successful business owner and reality TV star gave the single mom of three a second lease on life. After years of living in an insular bubble, Heather emerged bright-eyed, eager to take on the world. Now ... the mother of three proves that she isn't just a Bad Mormon; she's also a Good Time Girl. ... [Here] Heather recounts the humorous trysts, mishaps, and serendipitous success she's found as a life-long reveler in all things indulgent. Coming off the heels of the most-watched RHOSLC episode of all time, Heather gives readers a behind-the-scenes look... at the receipts, proof, timeline, and screenshots of that fateful night in Bermuda. From illicit high school trips to Tijuana and awkward dates set up by her overzealous costars, Good Time Girl is a ... meditation on community, love, independence, womanhood, and ...second chances"--

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Subjects
Genres
Autobiographies
Gay autobiographies
LGBTQ+ autobiographies
Published
New York : Gallery Books 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Heather Gay (author)
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition
Physical Description
xii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781668049808
  • Introduction
  • 1. Good-Time Girl
  • 2. I Don't Want to Be "Very Happy"
  • 3. San Bernardino
  • 4. Miss Kelly Kirk
  • 5. Wee Wetter
  • 6. Tijuana
  • 7. Ms. Martha Bourne
  • 8. Cinnamon Girl
  • 9. Wife Camp
  • 10. Deep Eruption
  • 11. Cornflake Girl
  • 12. The H is Silent
  • 13. I Don't Want to "Do Everything"
  • 14. Divorce Camp
  • 15. The E is Important
  • 16. Thunder Things
  • 17. West Hollywood
  • 18. Everybody Wants a Kitten; Nobody Wants A Cat
  • 19. A Bull Shark in Poughkeepsie
  • 20. Mrs. Angie Katsanevas
  • 21. Put Me in Neutral
  • 22. Receipts! Proof! Timeline! Screenshots!
  • Outro/Epilogue
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Gay's featherweight follow-up to Bad Mormon offers a humorous if diffuse look at the author's lifelong pursuit of pleasure. Peppered with observations about men, sex, food, and fun, the narrative can read like a teenage diary (early on, Gay shares a letter from her early 20s in which she admits she only "wants to be a superstar"), but the proceedings gain a measure of gravity whenever she discusses her Mormon upbringing in Colorado. Fans of the show, or of Gay's previous memoir, will be familiar with the bullet points of her entanglement with the LDS church: her early devoutness, her eventual divorce from her husband, and her subsequent struggle to reconcile her identity as a wife and mother with an inner desire to let loose. Unfortunately, the book's scattered focus dulls the impact of that arc, with entire chapters dedicated to prepubescent ear piercing and Gay's teenage affinity for Neil Young. More serious sections, including one on body positivity, can feel muddled; Gay acknowledges the harms of fat-shaming before blithely endorsing weight loss drugs. There's something to be said for Gay's commitment to candor, but this is strictly for hardcore Housewives fans. Agent: Steve Troha, Folio Literary. (Dec.)

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