{"id":45,"date":"2013-01-11T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2015-03-11T10:21:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T15:21:39","slug":"putting-makeup-on-the-fat-boy-by-bil-wright-fiction-chase-the-dream-ignore-the-haters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, by Bil Wright (book review) – chase the dream, ignore the haters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>We all want to be respected<\/a>,
\nsuccessful,
\nand fabulous. <\/p>\n

Carlos is already completely fabulous, a fabulous makeup artist<\/a> at sixteen. He just has to show the world that a Latino guy from the Lower East Side can do perfect makeup on anyone, anywhere – including the fanciest department store<\/a> in New York City.<\/p>\n

Be sure to meet this fabulous guy with a not-so-fabulous family life, the perfect touch with his own makeup, and his ever-positive attitude soon. Just thinking about Carlos and his drive to succeed<\/a> makes me smile!
\n**kmm <\/p>\n

Book info<\/b>: Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy \/ Bil Wright. Simon & Schuster, 2011 hardback, 2012 paperback.\u00a0 [author’s website<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] [book trailer<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My Book Talk<\/b>: Carlos wants one thing, and one thing only: to be the most-respected makeup artist anywhere.<\/p>\n

Oh, and for the cute guy in his high school class to ask him out, and for Mama to have a decent job that doesn\u2019t wear her down, and for his sister to stay away from that loser Danny at work.<\/p>\n

When he hears that the FeatureFace cosmetics counter at Macy\u2019s is hiring, Carlos goes into overdrive: hiring cute rocker Gleason to photograph the models wearing his makeup designs, crafting the perfect job application, watching videos of interview tips, and sweet-talking Rosaria into coming to the interview to be his live model. Of course, the manager will want to see Carlos apply makeup in person \u2013 everyone knows that!<\/p>\n

At school all day, working at the child care center till late evening, Carlos keeps his cellphone close by, waiting for the call from FeatureFace to set up his interview, to let him prove his fabulous makeup skills, to start on his way to the top!<\/p>\n

Carlos proves how well he handles makeup, chatting his way through the demonstration to explain his techniques, so snooty manager Valentino just has to hire him \u2013 part-time, since he\u2019s only 16 \u2013 and FeatureFace cosmetics has a new star.<\/p>\n

Of course, there are still a few problems in life, like Mama\u2019s precarious job situation, that rotten Danny trying to rough up Rosaria if she ever gets the guts to leave him, Soraya screening his calls (how could that problem with the borrowed boots really be his fault?), and the cute guy at school not flirting with him anymore.<\/p>\n

Can Carlos really balance work, school, and family at 16?
\nAs his schedule loads up, will his friends let him down?
\nWill Valentino\u2019s disdain for his talents ever give way to respect?
\nReady to take on the world, Carlos Duarte is fabulous indeed. (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all want to be respected, successful, and fabulous. Carlos is already completely fabulous, a fabulous makeup artist at sixteen. He just has to show the world that a Latino guy from the Lower East Side can do perfect makeup on anyone, anywhere – including the fanciest department store in New York City. Be sure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,19],"tags":[22,4,75,45,16,109,18,108,44,46,43,107,187,186,15,9,21,35,60,3,8],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diverse-books","category-fiction","tag-behavior","tag-belonging","tag-brothers","tag-competition","tag-determination","tag-entrepreneur","tag-family","tag-fashion","tag-friendship","tag-funny","tag-growing-up","tag-homosexuality","tag-lgbtq","tag-new-york","tag-relationships","tag-school","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-tbr2012","tag-teens","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5380,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions\/5380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}