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Nice Girls Don't Win by Parvati Shallow
4.0
informative reflective medium-paced

Parvati!! As soon as I saw this available it was an immediate download.  This did get a little too hippie dippy for me the last 20% but I loved the rest of it.

From her childhood as part of a commune - her parents escaping a cult. To her teenaged and college years - popularity, using her beauty. Then moving to LA with friends and trying out for amazing race only to be cast in survivor 3 times! Winning the million once. The world had her pinned as a villain and it took playing a traitor in traitors for her to break free.

I enjoyed hearing about her desire to find love and have a child and then navigating the grief over the loss of her young brother to an overdose and ultimately ending her marriage.

We get a little bit about traitors and even a tiny bit of deal or no deal (basically just a small reference).

The part about her finding love again is the part that lost me a bit.  She realizes she can break free of all the expectations when queer.  She’s in a non binary relationship.  Shes found peace with herself.  I can see how trauma from her childhood definitely shaped her.

I really enjoyed Parv on traitors so it was great learning more about the person behind the screen.