Skinnydipping

A Novel

De: Bethenny Frankel

Narrado por: January LaVoy

Four-time New York Times bestselling author and talk show host Bethenny Frankel makes her fiction debut with the novel Skinnydipping: “A totally fun, dishy read. This is the kind of book that is perfect to pack in your beach bag” (Hollywood Reporter).

Beloved by countless fans for being devilishly dishy, outrageously funny, and always giving it to us straight, four-time New York Times bestselling author Bethenny Frankel now makes her fiction debut with the story of Faith Brightstone. Faith is an aspiring actress just out of college who moves to LA determined to have it all: a job on the most popular TV show, a beach house in Malibu, and a gorgeous producer boyfriend. But when reality hits, she finds herself with a gig as a glorified servant, a role that has more to do with T&A than acting, and a dead-end relationship. Finally, Faith decides she’s had enough of La La Land and moves back to New York with just a suitcase and her dog, Muffin.

Five years later, Faith has finally found her groove as an entrepreneur and manages to land a spot on a new reality TV show hosted by her idol—the legendary businesswoman and domestic goddess, Sybil Hunter. Diving into the bizarre world of reality TV, Faith’s loud mouth and tell-it-like-it-is style immediately get her in trouble with her fellow contestants, and she learns about betrayal.

As the show comes to a dramatic close, Faith discovers that the man of her dreams may have just walked into her life. Will she choose fame or love? Or can she have it all?

Loved the book

What made the experience of listening to Skinnydipping the most enjoyable?

I didn't expect to even like this book but I read it in 2 days. It was lots of fun and a great light read.

Fun For 'Real' Bethenny Fans

Even if you've never heard of Bethenny Frankel, listeners will be entertained by this glittery underdog story. "It's Sex and the City" meets "The Apprentice".
Bethenny fans will be preoccupied with discerning fact from fiction, and beguiled by many familiar characters.

An amusing story that may have already been told

I have followed Bethenny Frankel since Housewives. I've always enjoyed everything she has ever said and done. This book is written as fictional but is clearly based on her life. It allows you to see where her anxieties comes from and why she is always so driven.
It was an entertaining book with Bethenny's sense of humor and funny take on the world and people in it.
I felt as though I knew where the story was going from the very beginning and I was right. No big surprises and the story line was OK. Watching Bethany Ever After, I feel as though I know the story line for part two already. It's not the best book I've ever read but if you like Bethany, you will like the book.

Love her and this book!

I love Bethany and I feel no different about this book! I now want to look into which parts are true and what the actual chronological order things happened in. I only know 80% of it! Easy, fun read!

Strong, fun beginning, kind of a "cop-out "end!

Where does Skinnydipping rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Unusual in that I could see the "reality show" in it (as it actually was a combination of a few of them)

What did you like best about this story?

I thought the narrator's performance was excellent. She had to do a variety of voices/styles (often in the same paragraph) and it was fun listening. I especially enjoyed the "Martha Stewart-like" character - dead on!!

Which scene was your favorite?

I thought the primary character's early years in LA were a blast. I can definitely see most of those things happening

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Not "Skinnydipping" that's for sure. I actually don;t know why the book has this title - did not make sense to me. I don;t think I would make this book into a movie

Any additional comments?

Overall, a lot of fun to listen to. I really liked the beginning and middle, but was a little disappointed in the end where everything kind of magically fell into place (that part with Harris). The narrator's performance was top notch and I will seek her out for other books.