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'Hancock Park'

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'Hancock Park'

Published: Thu, 9 Jul 2009

Description: Novel exposes life of Los Angeles' teen elite

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" She's like anyway if Hemingway had great legs and didn't blow his brains out. Just finished your freshman year Harvard which I'm told. Is a college. And last week she released her first novel. God I hate her I kid it's called Hancock park Meredith. Exposes the excesses of LA's wealthy high school -- and what it takes to survive in their world. Joining us is the author -- cappuccinos teens but I wish I knew teens dizzy mentally lazy yeah that's I don't I was nineteen I could even find my damn -- let alone think about being published. I do so this book."

" You know I actually got the contract at the summer after sophomore year when you -- your. I am very excited. They don't contract was it succeeds so well I'm when you started decide you wanted to write a book it was a smart I always loved to. To write and dollars and -- to you and I was inspired trick is look based on it you'll my experience is growing at an LA and so yeah I qualified --"

" No there's a lot of young kids that stay up late and watch the show we try to you know give them some kind of education -- some that some life skills we didn't know we don't I'm just -- to humor her for a minute. -- what would you tell aspiring writers out there who think you know that that it's -- because it's a daunting tasks writing a book ever written about seventeen or eighteen of them and only Morgan published highly acclaimed yet. -- advice I'll just keep."

" read a lot that would be my biggest you know recommendation right. Don't get distracted by the Internet her homework or any new -- a lot of distractions house -- a self -- but I underline read -- heard that before that's true yes and -- just think of right and keep writing and -- the story -- how much is it it's also like I always tell people write about what you know not think -- came up with that -- you. -- yeah and I don't. Yes so what percentage of your book would you c.s based on what happened to your life. I'm it's about a CD I know very well it's out Los Angeles the places are really you know I didn't get any product placement is yeah yeah. But it's not my story it's it's the story of a sixteen year old girl growing up in a world that idea well but it's not. My did you base any characters though on friends or acquaintances in your school know the -- a fictional yeah -- here."

" Underlying. You are lying when -- filthy filthy liar and a lawyer at a table provides media outlets they would have any friends or people that you know that -- may be upset about being or -- or that. That's me yeah being perceived as."

" for the book I know I don't thinks my friends we're excited for me and I -- at last week actually he's on to celebrate with them the early today I don't. Beware we know a bad thing at my book."

" Seated anger your Harvard now I racked up duke professors must she's hate you because you don't think I'm sure -- professors don't have published books are a lot of them don't so the public looking you -- going who's this miss smarty pants with the -- Yeah I actually don't think that they believe it. People talk like that yeah yeah it should know and that is. Published books yeah. They can guarantee armored yeah lets people read yours yeah so -- yeah dancing you've got a successful book and they've got some book on some dead -- but. But that yeah. -- just -- to -- that -- that was at one point in the book you talk about a Doctor Who prescribed to about ten different -- to a -- doctor really exist."

" On you know there there are psychiatry is out there who can't drive lots and law slowed would you have a business card. You know I this -- and I'll have mine up. It's just yeah. Yeah. I am remaining and then after that. -- I now is it true that they're probably gonna make it TV series they're talking about doing yeah where in talks about that right now it's really exciting probably can't cut partly coming to screen so it'll what's it gonna be like you see is like."

" Gossip Girl meet top --"

" I don't I don't I don't think -- option aspect they added I think it's so disgusted a lot of looks I didn't. What -- yeah I love -- yeah that's similar to gossip Gossip Girl and who do you see playing the lead. I think bill bill yeah yeah idea. And Romney's --"

" Don't let that at all you know and I couldn't get into that I can do Debbie Debbie I guess it's hard because you -- know eighty. Sixteen year old girls I guess they're not."

" The big stars except that once Miley Cyrus Eric certain I would Hannah Montana -- yeah yeah falcon bar yeah that he did he's got her Arctic -- you know what I could probably put a high school teacher. If you're looking at because that's the addition to carry the Seattle and I don't wanna get a letter and yeah hundred."

" I don't audition I cannot wait beyond that point I can be Janet plays by his own rules at I."

" Red one right now I thought that that line about this candidate that plays by those people."

" No I ordered LA who didn't that's hitting this little congratulations UBS."

" The book is called Hancock park and it's now available at a bookstore near you yeah -- order run off the Internet time that's."

" It's. Like going to a little red -- I'm not. And coming up next."

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