I recently finished "Save Karyn" by Karyn Bosnak. I wasn't sure I'd like it, but it was really funny and entertaining. The blurb on the back of the book says:
What would do if you owed $20,000? Would you A) note tell your parents? B) start your own website that asked for money without apology? or C) stop coloring your hair, getting pedicures, and buying Gucci? If you were Karyn Bosnak, you'd do all three.
Karyn started a funny yet honest website, www.savekaryn.com, on which she asked for donations to help her get out of debt. Karyn received e-mails from people all over the world, either confessing their own debt-ridden lives, or criticizing hers. But after four months of Internet panhandling and selling her prized possessions on eBay, her debt was gone!
Karyn details the bumpy road her financial and personal life have traveled to get her where she is today: happy, grateful and completely debt-free. In this charming cautionary tale, Karyn chronicles her glamorous rise, her embarrassing fall, and how the kindness of strangers in cyberia can really make a difference.
I've also recently read and enjoyed "Jemima J." by Jane Green, a cute "ugly duckling to swan" story and I also re-read an old favorite of mine "Story of my Life", by Jay McInerney. It's told in the first person by an 80's club kid in New York City. Kind of dated by now, but I like it
