BLOG TOUR: Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood by Cheryl Diamond

 I'm excited to be a part of the Blog Tour for Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood by Cheryl Diamond! I received a free copy for honest review from the publisher. Thanks so much to Algonquin Books and Cheryl Diamond for letting me be a part of this tour!

Title: Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood

Author: Cheryl Diamond

Published by: Algonquin Books

Released: June 15, 2021

Source: Review Copy Provided by Publisher

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Synopsis: The incredible true story of a family built on lies. 

What if the people you love most are not who you thought they were? What if you don’t know who you are, either? Cheryl Diamond’s memoir begins when she is four and her family is in Kashmir, India, hurtling down the Himalayas in their battered station wagon headed for the Golden Temple, the holiest site in the Sikh religion. The family are Sikhs. Today. In a few years they will be Jewish. Cheryl’s name is Harbhajan. Today. But in a few years she will be Crystal. By the time she turns nine, Cheryl has had at least six assumed identities. She has lived on five continents, fleeing the specter of Interpol and law enforcement. Her father, a master financial criminal, or so she believes, uproots the family at the slightest sign of suspicion.
  Despite the strange circumstances, Diamond’s life as a young child is mostly joyful and exciting, her family of five a tiny, happy circle unto themselves. Even as she learn how to forge identity papers and fix a car with chicken wire, she somehow becomes a near-Olympic-level athlete and then an international teenage model. She even publishes a book about it. As she grows older, though, things get darker. Her identity is burned again and again, leaving her with no past, no proof even that she exists, and her family—the only people she has in the world—begins to unravel. Love and trust turn to fear and violence. Secrets are revealed, and she is betrayed by those on whom she relies most.
  Slowly, Diamond begins to realize that her life itself might be a big con. Surviving would require her to escape, and we root for this determined woman as she unlearns all the rules of her family. Cinematic and witty, Nowhere Girl is an impossible-to-believe true story of self-discovery and triumph. (Synopsis from Goodreads)

 

My Thoughts: I experienced this story last year and am excited to celebrate it's paperback release. Also, to showcase that new cover.

This is one crazy story, made even crazier because it's true. It's a story of family, and figuring out what's true, and what's not.

If you're a fan of memoirs and stories almost too wild to be believed, then I'd definitely give this one a read.

Cheryl Diamond was born on the run.

By the age of nine she had lived in more than a dozen countries, on five continents, under six assumed identities. She was home-schooled by her parents who were evading Interpol and a few other law enforcement agencies.

At sixteen, Cheryl was scouted by a modeling agency and arrived in New York City with nothing but $300, her cat, and a fair bit of life experience. Between shoots and castings, she began to write. Model A Memoir, a behind the scenes account of her life as a young high fashion model, was published by Simon & Schuster five years later. The book was featured by The New York Times, The L.A. Times, Good Morning America, and Fox News Live.

Her second book, Naked Rome, featuring interviews with the Eternal City's 30 most fascinating people was published in 2018.

Cheryl's autobiography, Nowhere Girl, the harrowing true story of an outlaw childhood, hits shelves in soon. She lives in Italy and obeys the law- most of the time.

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website: www.cheryldiamond.co

Thank you for checking out my Blog Tour Stop for Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood by Cheryl Diamond! Thank you to Algonquin Books and Cheryl Diamond for letting me be a part of the tour. If you're a fan of memoirs and stories almost too crazy to believe, I'd definitely give this one a read!