Showing results for "Fake!" in Coming of Age

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a young woman snoops through her boyfriend’s phone and makes a startling discovery: he’s an anonymous internet conspiracy theorist, and a popular one at that. Already fluent in internet fakery, irony and outrage, she’s not exactly shocked by the revelation. But this is only the first in a series of bizarre twists that expose a world whose truths are shaped by online lies. Suddenly left with no reason to stay in New York—or be anywhere in particular—she flees to Berlin....

Fake. That's what we are. That's what we agreed to be. So why does it feel so real? I thought it would have been harder, convincing everyone our school's star receiver was mine and mine alone, but I was wrong. We played our parts so well that the lines between us began to blur until they disappeared completely. The thing about pretending, though, is that someone's always better at it, and by the time I realized my mistake, there was no going back.

Freshly graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, Veridian Sterling is ready to hang her work in any of the countless New York galleries that are sure to give her a show. The problem is only one will, and they’re not interested in her art so much as her personal assistant skills. No glitz, no glam, and definitely none of the money she needs to help her struggling mother finally realize her dream of starting her own business after having sacrificed everything for Veri to go to art school.

Things are not going well for Holden James. His chance to audition for his favourite game show, Madcap Market, should have been great – a tribute to his mum, who died six years ago. Instead, he’s destroying the minibar in a grim hotel room…recently dumped and sliding into misery. But at least he has room service. It even comes with a sexy (smart-ass) concierge who arrives with pizza, Monopoly, and rather distracting forearms.

“Prepare yourself for a daring, unsparing takedown of millennial Manhattan, trick by glossy trick.” —Beatriz Williams We are a bifurcated generation, the Romantics versus the Realists: those who prefer transistor radios to Bose sound systems, scuffed ocean liner trunks to gleaming Rimowa...

New York, 1987: In a city torn apart by racial tension, Damien Cavalieri is an adolescent without a tribe. His mother - who pines for the 1950s Brooklyn Italian community she grew up in - fears he lacks commitment to his heritage. Damien's fellow Staten Islanders agree, dubbing him a "fake Italian" and bullying him for being artistic.

1 Million für die Liebe. Das perfekte Paar gewinnt. Oder doch der perfekte Fake? Kristie Kavanaugh hat hart für ihren Traum gearbeitet und einen erfolgreichen Cateringservice aufgebaut. Doch nun bedrohen die horrenden Arztrechnungen ihrer todkranken Mutter ihre Existenz. In ihrer Verzweiflung meldet sie sich zu einer TV-Dating-Show an, bei der das Siegerpaar 1 Million Dollar gewinnt. Anstelle eines netten Kerls trifft sie dort allerdings nur Asher Tomlinson. Einen versnobten Serienstar, der ihr bereits auf einer Party negativ aufgefallen ist und nun ihr perfekter Match sein soll.

Red Morgan is fresh out of high school. With signature red curls and a remarkable singing voice, the bubbly teenager is a devoted daughter and big sister. The world should be her oyster. But Red already knows exactly where her future lies: the family farm in Orange City, Iowa. Zay-Zay Waters is at the top of her game. The Brooklyn-born singer has it all—talent, fame, even a smokin’ hot boyfriend. But life in the limelight isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. And when a video of Red singing in the mud—looking and sounding exactly like Zay-Zay herself—goes viral, the pop star begins to hatch a plan.

Mia's star desperately needs polishing. Can a fake relationship with Austin make her shine? Mia Black is the slightly geeky, kind of smart, but otherwise lusterless middle daughter of a family full of shining stars. Literally, like, movie stars. Austin is the super cute, uber-popular basketball phenom whose athletic career just took a nosedive when his failing grades landed him in academic probation. Basically Mia's polar opposite.

Prinz George hat das Image eines Bad Boys perfekt etabliert. Doch es ist gar nicht so leicht, dieses Bild bei seiner Familie und den Medien aufrechtzuerhalten. Als er auf einem Festival dem legendären Rockstar Howl begegnet, für den er schon lange schwärmt, sieht er die Chance, erneut für Aufsehen zu sorgen. Ihr heißes Aufeinandertreffen geht viral und bleibt beiden unvergesslich. Sie wollen keine Beziehung, aber eine Fake-Beziehung mit gewissen Vorzügen kann ihnen beiden nützen. Doch können sie dem gesamten Vereinigten Königreich etwas vormachen, ohne sich zu verlieben?