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Synopsis
From the author of Lucky Few comes a quirky teen novel about internet fame, peer pressure, and remembering not to step on the little people on your way to the top
After a shout out from one of the internet s most beloved personalities, Natasha Tash Zelenka has found herself and her amateur web series plucked from obscurity and thrust in the limelight. And who wouldn t want fame and fortune?
But along with the 40,000 new subscribers, the gushing tweets, and flashing Tumblr gifs, comes the pressure to deliver the best web series ever. As Tash struggles to combat the critics and her own doubts, she finds herself butting heads with her family and friends the ones that helped make her show, Unhappy Families (a modern adaption of Anna Karenina, written by Tash s eternal love Leo Tolstoy), what it is today.
And when Unhappy Families is nominated for a prestigious award, Tash s confusing cyber-flirtation with an Internet celeb suddenly has the potential to become something IRL if she can figure out how to tell him that she s a romantic asexual. But her new relationship creates tension with her friend Paul since he thought Tash wasn t interested in relationships ever.
All Tash wants to think about is the upcoming award ceremony in Orlando, even though she ll have to face all the friends she steamrolled to get there. But isn t that just the price you pay for success?"
Synopsis
A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of 2017 From the author of Lucky Few comes a quirky teen novel about Internet fame, peer pressure, and remembering not to step on the little people on your way to the top
After a shout-out from one of the Internet's superstar vloggers, Natasha "Tash" Zelenka suddenly finds herself and her obscure, amateur web series, Unhappy Families, thrust in the limelight: She's gone viral.
Her show is a modern adaption of Anna Karenina--written by Tash's literary love Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo" Tolstoy. Tash is a fan of the 40,000 new subscribers, their gushing tweets, and flashy Tumblr gifs. Not so much the pressure to deliver the best web series ever.
And when Unhappy Families is nominated for a Golden Tuba award, Tash's cyber-flirtation with a fellow award nominee suddenly has the potential to become something IRL--if she can figure out how to tell said crush that she's romantic asexual.
Tash wants to enjoy her newfound fame, but will she lose her friends in her rise to the top? What would Tolstoy do?