The Fabulous Dreams of Maggie de Beer
Fifteen year-old Maggie arrives in London on the run from her humdrum suburban life, determined to make it big in show business.
For more than thirty years she is exploited by both men and the media. She struggles against endless set-backs and disappointments, always remaining optimistic, always believing that this time her big break has come. Then, when most of us would have given up all hope, the celebrity circus rockets her to bizarre and unexpected pinnacles of fame.
Starting in 1970 Maggie de Beer’s journey mirrors the rise of celebrity culture and the growth of the media which ruthlessly created it, exploiting and destroying the lives of girls like Maggie who willingly offered themselves up, happy to make any amount of personal sacrifices in exchange for a chance to live the dream. She is determined to make herself “interesting” and only when she finally achieves her goal, at enormous personal cost, does she finally discover, under the full glare of the media spotlight, that the family she was running away from was never as humdrum as she had believed.
This is the story of a woman who just wanted to be recognised and loved by the public.
www.MaggiedeBeer.com
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SuperSkittle
I like your story so much so far. Could you probably check out my story "Sorry For Not Noticing." Please it would mean the world to me
Love your writing. Very interesting :) Oh man. I want to write as good as you! Your story is incredible.
This is great, I love it! The language is so easy yet everything is beautifully written.
Hey if anyone has time, even the author of this book (which is coming along really great by the way) check out my new book Hybrid and tell me what you think
you are a very talented writer sir :) this is one of the stories that i will never forget.
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