{"product_id":"9780143128229","title":"Where Am I Now?","description":"Author: Wilson, Mara\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143128229\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Group USA\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Sep 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis funny, poignant, daringly honest collection of personal essays introduces Mara Wilson--the former child actress best known for her starring roles in \u003ci\u003eMatilda\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMrs. Doubtfire\u003c\/i\u003e--as a brilliant new chronicler of the experience that is growing up young and female\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Thoughtfully traces  Mara Wilson's  journey from child actress to Hollywood dropout...\u003ci\u003eWho\u003c\/i\u003eis she now? She's a writer.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003cb\u003eNPR's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Guide To 2016's Great Reads\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Growing up, I wanted to\u003ci\u003ebe\u003c\/i\u003eMara Wilson.\u003ci\u003eWhere Am I Now?\u003c\/i\u003eis a delight.\" -\u003cb\u003eIlana Glazer\u003c\/b\u003e, cocreator and star of\u003ci\u003eBroad City\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a best book of the month by GoodReads and\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA former child actor best known for her starring roles in \u003ci\u003eMatilda \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMrs. Doubtfire,\u003c\/i\u003e Mara Wilson has always felt a little young and out of place- as the onlykid on a film set full of adults, the first daughter in a house full of boys, a Valley girl in New York and a neurotic in California, and a grown-up the world still remembers as a little girl. Tackling everything fromwhat she learned about sex on the set of \u003ci\u003eMelrose Place\u003c\/i\u003e, to discovering in adolescence that she was no longer \"cute\" enough for Hollywood, these essayschart herjourney from accidental fame to relative (but happy) obscurity. They also illuminate universal struggles, like navigating love and loss,and figuring out who you are and where you belong. Candid, insightful, moving, and hilarious, \u003ci\u003eWhere Am I Now?\u003c\/i\u003e introduces Mara Wilson as a brilliant new chronicler of the experience that is growing up female.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47958337224862,"sku":"ING-9780143128229","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143128229.jpg?v=1783647217","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143128229","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}