{"product_id":"sudden-superstar","title":"Sudden Superstar","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when one goes from obscurity to celebrity, overnight?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirty-year-old Arya Alvarez is a travel manager at Isle Z, a luxury travel company in Singapore where she creates bespoke trips for celebrities and influencers. Discretion is her specialty at work \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e personal life: few people know that she’s fled her home city, Manila, to get away from the scene of a devastating break-up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen she travels to Svaneti, in the Republic of Georgia, Arya briefly encounters the mysterious Dave in a remote village high up the Caucasus mountains. Intrigued, she posts his photos on Instagram-which goes viral the very next day. Turns out, Dave is Davit Nadibaidze, a famous yet reclusive artist who’d retreated from the public five years ago and Arya is the first person to see him since he disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn less than 24 hours, Arya gains hundreds of thousands of followers. She’s deluged with invitations to talk shows, influencer parties, and celebrity junkets, all as her social media apps overflow with DMs, tags, and comments, both nice and nasty. Men are suddenly vying for her attention, including her ex, Jake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArya tries her best to step up, but she also struggles. What she really wants is to finally get over her painful break-up, find herself and a fresh start. But can she really, when she’s caught in this complex whirl of viral fame?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaire Betita de Guzman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Filipina writer based in Singapore and author of four rom-com novels: \u003cem\u003eMiss Makeover\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBudget is the New Black\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGirl Meets World\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNo Boyfriend Since Birth\u003c\/em\u003e, which was adapted into a TV series. A former journalist, she started as a news reporter for the broadsheet Today before becoming a lifestyle editor for international and local magazines including \u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan Philippines\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHarper's Bazaar Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a member of the Singapore Writers Group and has led talks and panels at literary events in Southeast Asia, including the Singapore Writers Festival. She studied Journalism and graduated cum laude (with honours) at the University of the Philippines. She has taken writing courses at the University of Oxford in England and was a fellow in literary workshops in Europe and Asia, including Miradoux, France, Bali, Indonesia, and Tbilisi, Georgia. She is co-author of a poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eDreaming of the Divine Downstairs\u003c\/em\u003e and is co-editor of \u003cem\u003eGet Luckier\u003c\/em\u003e, an anthology of Philippine-Singapore writings. Find her online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.clairebetita.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ewww.clairebetita.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Times Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131837563177,"sku":"9789815127997","price":22.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/9789815127997.jpg?v=1698996076","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/sudden-superstar","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}