Meili cady biography sample

Combining the excess of The Bling Ring with the intimacy of Blow and the charm of Catch Me If You Can, an outrageous, entertaining and true story of an aspiring young actress' ill-fated friendship and unwitting alliance with a drug smuggling "heiress."

Aspiring actress Meili Cady left small-town Washington State for the glamorous lure of Los Angeles. Young and alone, she was struggling to make her big break. Then she met Lisette Lee. Calling herself the "Korean Paris Hilton," Lisette claimed she was a model and a Korean pop star, lived in a $1.2 million dollar apartment in West Hollywood, owned a fleet of luxury cars, and flitted from one red-carpet event to the next.

The connection was instant. Meili was enchanted by her friend's extravagant lifestyle, while Lee claimed Meili was the real thing in a town full of phonies. Soon, the financially strapped Meili became her friend's personal assistant—and found herself sucked into an audacious criminal enterprise. But when Meili

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Smoke: How a Small-Town Girl Accidentally Wound Up Smuggling 7,000 Pounds of Marijuana with the Pot Princess of Beverly Hills

Combining the excess of The Bling fingerprydnad with the intimacy of Blow and the charm of Catch Me If You Can, an outrageous, entertaining and true story of an aspiring young actress’ ill-fated friendship and unwitting alliance with a drug smuggling “heiress.”

Aspiring actress Meili Cady left small-town Washington State for the glamorous lure of Los Angeles. ung and alone, she was struggling to make her big break. Then she met Lisette Lee. Calling herself the “Korean Paris Hilton,” Lisette claimed she was a model and a Korean pop star, lived in a $1.2 million dollar apartment in West Hollywood, owned a fleet of luxury cars, and flitted from one red-carpet event to the next.

The connection was instant. Meili was enchanted by her friend’s extravagant lifestyle, while Lee claimed Meili was the real thing in a town full of phonies. Soon, the financially strapped M

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SMOKE

May 28, 2015

I'm not sure how I feel about this book. In some ways it was interesting, but it was also annoying. I always cringe to myself when a "character" (or real person in this case) lacks complete common sense in a if someone asks you to jump and you säga 'how high?' kinda way without exercising independent judgment/choice. Or when someone is so starved for approval and validation from another person they will do almost anything to get it.

I felt embarrassed for this girl's poor decisions. Granted she was very young when it happened, but even in my teens and twenties I never made decisions as terrible as hers. With that said, I feel like a jerk for being so judgmental as everyone makes mistakes....some more detrimental than others. And perhaps I have more insight and foresight into just how crappy her decisions were because of the fact that I am well skilled in bullshit detectors, intuition about people, and the fact that I've had extensive training and experience wit