Welcome to the glam and fab world of Sam Faiers - star of the hit TV programme The Only Way is Essex. Read on to find out what it takes to be a REAL Essex Girl. The Oxford Dictionary definition of an 'Essex Girl': A brash, materialistic young woman of a type supposedly found in Essex or surrounding areas in the south-east of England. The Sam Faiers definition of an 'Essex Girl': A stylish, hard-working, big-hearted and family-minded young woman found in Brentwood or nearby areas (and Marbs). At the start of 2010 Sam Faiers was a normal 19-year-old girl from Brentwood: she was working in a local bank, plotting a glamour modelling career and planning what outfit to wear to Sugar Hut. Then the first episode of TOWIE aired, and suddenly Sam was catapulted into a world of champagne cocktails, TV studios, nightclubs and paparazzi. In Living Life the Essex Way, Sam lifts the lid on her childhood, her rise to fame and her beauty regime, as well as her dating rules, dealing with instant fame, the men in her life and what really goes on behind the scenes on the hit ITV2 show.
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Ghosted by Emma Donnan, currently assistant editor at Star magazine, it s the memoir of a quasi-fictional construct that is itself ghosted by Sam (or Sam )...Although Sam and her peers, living life the Essex way, are exploited by the media within which they appear to flourish, they are far too savvy to be pitied as calves for the slaughter --Literary Review
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Sam Faiers is the star of the ITV2 reality show 'The Only Way is Essex'. She owns and runs Minnies Boutique along with her mum and sister, Billie. Living Life the Essex Way was her first book.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By RC
Format:Hardcover
So I'm a massive TOWIE, and have been an avid supporter of it since it first launched in 2010, with Sam being one of my favourites, so I was quite excited to read this book after it was described as "the truth about TOWIE" - I've just, this day, finished reading the book after owning it for a week, and all I can say is that I was very disappointed.
The first few chapters start very much like a biography - talking about her childhood and teens, which was quite interested - learning about how she grew up with some of the TOWIE cast members (Lucy and Amy), and her flings with Mark Wright when she was 16. All very interesting to read if you're a fan of the show, but it then quickly just falls down to Sam basically describing her looks and fashion sense. In all honestly, about 70% of each chapter revolves around her appearance; infact in about 5 chapters all she does is describe her hair, her fashion sense, her diet, her makeup and then her tanning.. all very boring to be honest, and almost somewhat "page filling".
In all honest, there is not MUCH description about TOWIE itself - I don't know whether this is because Sam's still contracted into the show, and therefore can't discuss it in depth, or what (as she says - she's grateful for what they have given her), and she only really described the stuff that TOWIE has produced; she discusses her business Minnie's, doing P.A.'s (personal appearances) across the UK, and then TOWIE winning a BAFTA. Besides that, there's not much written about the show, and the cast itself - she only briefly mentions a few occasionally, and even then, she doesn't go into depth - she describes Arg as having the biggest ego, how her friendship with Amy has ended since she left the show, how she doesn't like Lauren G or think Lauren's business is good, and then briefly mentions how Lucy has changed since school (oh, and she mentions how she loves Lauren Pope's hair extensions.. juicy gossip right there!)
Overall, as a TOWIE fan, I'm glad to have read it to see what Sam thinks about the fame, and it was interesting to read about how she set up Minnie's completely on her own, without any help from the TOWIE producers, but overall, it isn't really about "the truth about TOWIE" or "TOWIE & ME" as the title of the book says.. it's much more "Sam Faiers: Beauty Advice... with a quick chapter on TOWIE".
The first few chapters start very much like a biography - talking about her childhood and teens, which was quite interested - learning about how she grew up with some of the TOWIE cast members (Lucy and Amy), and her flings with Mark Wright when she was 16. All very interesting to read if you're a fan of the show, but it then quickly just falls down to Sam basically describing her looks and fashion sense. In all honestly, about 70% of each chapter revolves around her appearance; infact in about 5 chapters all she does is describe her hair, her fashion sense, her diet, her makeup and then her tanning.. all very boring to be honest, and almost somewhat "page filling".
In all honest, there is not MUCH description about TOWIE itself - I don't know whether this is because Sam's still contracted into the show, and therefore can't discuss it in depth, or what (as she says - she's grateful for what they have given her), and she only really described the stuff that TOWIE has produced; she discusses her business Minnie's, doing P.A.'s (personal appearances) across the UK, and then TOWIE winning a BAFTA. Besides that, there's not much written about the show, and the cast itself - she only briefly mentions a few occasionally, and even then, she doesn't go into depth - she describes Arg as having the biggest ego, how her friendship with Amy has ended since she left the show, how she doesn't like Lauren G or think Lauren's business is good, and then briefly mentions how Lucy has changed since school (oh, and she mentions how she loves Lauren Pope's hair extensions.. juicy gossip right there!)
Overall, as a TOWIE fan, I'm glad to have read it to see what Sam thinks about the fame, and it was interesting to read about how she set up Minnie's completely on her own, without any help from the TOWIE producers, but overall, it isn't really about "the truth about TOWIE" or "TOWIE & ME" as the title of the book says.. it's much more "Sam Faiers: Beauty Advice... with a quick chapter on TOWIE".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
OMG! Dreadful! Dull, boring and not even worh the £1 I paid in the charity shop for it other than it was for a good cause! Don't waste your time or money. She has nothing good to say about anyone! Just bitches about them and says how great she is! This book does her no favours whatsoever! I was never that keen on her in the first place but thought that maybe TOWIE put her in a bad light, obviously not as she comes across worse in the book!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Kim
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This one wasn't for me I'm afraid! I'm a real TOWIE fan and love everything glamorous and girly but this book was plain boring.
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Average
This is an average book , it doesn't have much personal info or gossip. Mainly about her beauty and clothes.
Published 17 days ago by Kelly
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Living Life the Essex Way by Sam Faiers
I would recommend this book to anyone, it is amazing, a really eye opener, and sam has become my idol mainly because of this book. Read more
Published 1 month ago by mrs samantha king
5.0 out of 5 stars
BUY IT.!
If you likes the first book you will love this one. Sam tells the Essex story honestly and not always showing her in the best light .
Any TOWIE fan should read this.
Any TOWIE fan should read this.
Published 1 month ago by MR. M.OXFORD
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not sure I have ever read something so boring
Even though each series appears more staged I'm still a fan so really couldn't wait to read this book. Unfortunately I read up to about page 5 and couldn't take any more. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sara
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Sam's autobiography
This book was a bit of a letdown tbh. Some bits were interesting, for example, the photos, but all in all it wasn't very well written or as down to earth as others. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sophie Allen
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AMAZING
Massive fan of TOWIE and this just was a great book to read, loads of detail and just great tips on tanning ahaha anyway totally disagree to all those people who dislike people... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Niamh
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ok
This book was ok nice to read the story of how life was and is but a lot of repeating and about other towie cast members rather than the faiers family was ok for £1,99
Published 3 months ago by rachel walker
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent book according to my daughter!!
Bought this for my daughter for christmas as she loves TOWIE!! She said this book was great to read and really interesting and read it really quickly!!
Published 3 months ago by 58543
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting
This is a good book for any Essex girl to read, I enjoyed it but I wouldn't choose to read it a second time
Published 3 months ago by charlie morgan
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable
I found this book to be an enjoyable light read. Left you feeling like you had read a beauty and gossip magazine.
Published 3 months ago by J
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