Arabelles Shadows

Arabelle’s Shadows by Fleur Gaskin Review: A depressed fashion model’s life

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    We all know the importance of having a healthy self-esteem but it does take a lot of inner work to face "our own demons". This does not sound like a roaring good time of a read. Well done, you for suffering through it.

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    Arabelle's Shadows has 61 ratings and 46 reviews. Cora said: I was sent this book by the author in return for an honest www.farmersmarketmusic.com isn't a book about. Arabelle's Shadows [Fleur Gaskin] on www.farmersmarketmusic.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A raw tale of a beautiful girl who sometimes wishes she was dead.

    I think books like these offer a lot more than those with roses and unicorns. Don't get me wrong, I love happy but if I want to to grow as a person, reading about someone's struggles and how they battled through it would be the way to go. I keep getting comments coming to me.

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    I think I am the only person who likes this lol! Thing is, it wasn't a bad read, just was super, super depressing. But yes it's not always rainbows and unicorns and good to expand the horizon. I love ANTM too!

    I'm really interested in the modeling world — I've watched tons of documentaries but never read any books about the industry. I like that this talks about traveling and such, but I don't know if I would be able to handle the depression.

    It sounds really, really heavy, and I'm surprised you persevered and made it through. Hehe how good is ANTM lol! The world is so interesting as they portray but the show makes it look so easy.

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    The depressing was definitely heavy, I had trouble reading it. Reading about depressing books makes me depressed, too. You want to root for the protagonist, but if you don't find any ounce of maturity Naak!

    Watching ANTM is my guilty pleasure, too! I am sorry you found this book so depressing. See to me, being a Psychiatric Nurse, I am used to the drugs, depression, cutting, etc. It sounds like she had a lot of problems.

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    What you put as negative would be a draw for me. I am probably going to read this. The stalls, mainly vegetables, were blankets on the dusty ground, the produce spread upon them. Live ducks were sitting in cages opposite a table of cooked ducks.

    REVIEW: Arabelle’s Shadows by Fleur Gaskin

    I felt my cheeks reddening from the heat and then from embarrassment. The shoppers and stalls owners were all staring at me. They watched as I wandered around, clearly disorientated. This time I headed east.

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    Turning the corner I almost squealed with relief. There in front of me stood the famous golden arches. Before I reached McDonalds, I came across a 7-Eleven tucked in amongst a series of small concrete shops. I bought water and a bread roll filled with sweet red bean paste then continued walking. The shopping mall turned out to be opposite the McDonalds.

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    She has confidence, great friends, she's even dating Naak, a wealthy Thai socialite. But there are too many models in Bangkok. Gaskin paints a convincing portrait of the steamy and exotic within Thailand with its kinetic culture and sexuality. Its adoption of the excesses of the West and their recasting into something quite Eastern is a paradox that Gaskin brings to the page very well and, having visited Thailand myself, I found myself easily transported by her style.

    But it is Gaskin's depiction of depression, that she characterizes as The Shadows, which proves to be the most effective and central success of the book. It is easy to dismiss the hyper-glamour of international modelling, where self obsession, indulgence and excess at all costs are considered something of a job requirement. Much of her experience resonated with me and the deeper I got into the book, the more involved I became with it. Her heart rending back story skilfully informs and illuminates the main story in a way that inspires sympathy for Arabelle but more importantly, it encourages empathy and understanding.

    Arabelle's battle is a courageous one. The path towards self reflection and illumination is intelligently layered and emotionally satisfying.