false 114946 2 Certain passages from Heather Howard's <I>Chore Whore: Adventures of a Celebrity Personal Assistant</I> lead one to believe that the author was trying to write a humorous public service announcement about the horrors (not whores) of becoming a personal assistant. Corki Brown, a long-suffering single mom with a handful of famously hard-to-please bosses, navigates a crazy world of gun-toting movie stars, Atkins diets, and hard-to-find toilet seats, all for less money than she really deserves. Howard apparently had a lengthy career as an assistant herself, so that toilet seat story would very well be based in reality. With terrifying tales like this lining bookstore shelves, it's a wonder the real rich and famous can still hail cabs, let alone find people desperate enough to wait on them full time. <p> The title <I>Chore Whore</I> might suggest that Howard would consider turning a critical eye towards those willing to take humiliating, low-paying work for the privilege of being close to celebrity. Say the type of person who looks at these positions not as regular jobs, but as literary internships to a career writing Chick Lit. No such luck, of course. The sins are all the side of fictional celebrities. (Don't worry--no actual famous people's reputations were harmed in the publishing of this book.) Howard is fine as writer; she makes the pages turn. One only wonders if books from this tell-all-style, assistant-fiction genre will hold up as well as some of the films made by the celebrities they criticize. <I>--Leah Weathersby</I> 882415 2005 Chore Whore: Adventures of a Celebrity Personal Assistant total:101|5:10|4:24|3:44|2:21|1:2| 101 322 187 31 4 0 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 13:40:49 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 05:38:21 -0800 2009 once The author is extremely likable which I admire because had I been through a quarter of what this poor woman has subjected herself to I'd be the bigge...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 23 19:54:14 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 10:05:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 12:28:46 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 12:33:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 20:21:19 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 27 15:58:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 10:39:08 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 10:43:10 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 02:08:30 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 02:14:20 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Feb 15 17:15:48 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 17:16:27 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 13:28:55 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 16:49:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 10 18:46:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 18:46:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 24 19:47:06 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 14:43:08 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 23:10:21 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 00:36:11 -0800 2009 3 0 true false Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 09:55:50 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 10:22:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 15:16:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 13:30:48 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 18:20:05 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 12:02:06 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 06:55:40 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 18:40:46 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 21 07:53:03 -0800 2009 Fri Jun 12 03:58:52 -0700 2009 once 4 0 true false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 17:31:24 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 17:33:04 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Sep 10 08:20:59 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 08:22:32 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 06:50:01 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 09:43:40 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 23:36:56 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 23:38:47 -0700 2008