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Valleywood: The Autobiography of Lateysha Grace

by Lateysha Grace

4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 · rating details · 4 ratings · 1 review

Since exploding on to our screens as part of the MTV show The Valleys, Lateysha Grace has caused quite a stir with her kick-offs, cat-fights and confident behaviour. But before all the glamour, Lateysha had a bleak childhood; born into a single parent family where her mother Debbie struggled to make ends meet, plunging the family into the depths of abject poverty. All Late ...more

Hardcover , 288 pages

Published June 1st 2015 by John Blake

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Mar 25, 2015 Shaun rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I have only ever watched The Valleys on and off so didn't know all that much about Lateysha Grace before reading Valleywood but having finished it she has definitely gained a new fan in me, and I am absolutely full of admiration and respect for Lateysha. There's always the brigade that come out and ask what a 22-year-old girl could possibly have to write about, yet those are the ones that will never read the book to find out just what she can write about. As always if a story like this can help I have only ever watched The Valleys on and off so didn't know all that much about Lateysha Grace before reading Valleywood but having finished it she has definitely gained a new fan in me, and I am absolutely full of admiration and respect for Lateysha. There's always the brigade that come out and ask what a 22-year-old girl could possibly have to write about, yet those are the ones that will never read the book to find out just what she can write about. As always if a story like this can help just one person, then it's a story worth telling.

Lateysha has lived a crazy life for one so young, and in places it is actually quite shocking. Being kicked out of school for giving a lap dance, being physically abused by her heroin-addicted stepfather, attempting suicide, the list goes on and yet Lateysha never holds back when talking about these issues and does attempt to send out positive messages along the way, especially to teenage girls who might be experiencing some of the same problems that Lateysha did, whether it's with sex, body image, trouble at home, whatever. Some might say she's not the best role model, but read the book before you judge and get to know the real Lateysha, yes we are reading what Lateysha want us to read but at the same time it's an honest, warts and all account rather than a woe is me I've done nothing wrong tale.

There were similarities reading about Lateysha auditioning and joining The Valleys to the Geordie Shore autobiographies of Holly, Vicky and Gaz, given that it's a similar show yet it was still interesting to get that insight into the world. I love how honest Lateysha is, and you can tell that she's not afraid to tell it like it is, but she also wears her heart on her sleeve, holds her hands up to all of her mistakes and also sends out a positive message to young girls in what not to do, not to make some of the same mistakes that she has made (one of the final chapters had me cringing!). She also has a way with words as well. The book is ghostwritten by the same writer of Holly Hagan's book, but the bits which are obviously Lateysha talking are obvious. I loved reading about certain celebrities she has been linked to, the word celebrity probably not being the right word to use for one of the men at least.

Lateysha might only be 22, but she definitely has a story to tell, and it's one that I have no hesitation in recommending. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll finish the book perhaps seeing a young girl who all too easily got caught up in the reality TV game, in a whole new light. ...more

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