First Impressions of You by Gabriela Graciosa Guedes EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Gabriela Graciosa Guedes
- Language: English
- Genre: Multicultural & Interracial Romance
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IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AN
immigrant woman, in possession of no green card, must be in want of a
husband.
Actually, it isn’t universally acknowledged, nor is it true, but it seems
like I’m the only one who doesn’t think so.
I’ve lost count of how many messages I’ve gotten over the past four
and a half years from aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, former classmates with
whom I hadn’t talked in years, even the receptionists at my parents’ clinic,
all asking the same thing: have you found yourself an American boyfriend
to give you the green card yet?
Has any of them ever asked me about my career? Of course not.
Romantic anecdotes make for good gossip.
No one wants to know about other people’s job updates or professional
accomplishments. If they did, LinkedIn would be used a lot more.
Not that I have many of those to share. Professional updates, I mean.
Well, romantic anecdotes too, to be honest, but I’m not really looking for
those.
I moved to the States with a goal and a plan. And that goal has nothing
to do with finding a boyfriend. I don’t have time for that. Not when my time
is so limited.
Twelve months. That’s all I have left.
Twelve months and a mile-high pile of odds stacked against me.
Making it as an actress in Hollywood is hard enough. Making it as a
plus-size Latina actress? That much harder. Making it as a plus-size Latina
actress in under a year? Virtually impossible.
But I’ll take those odds against the alternative every time.
Going back to Brazil isn’t an option.
It’s month six, and I finally have an audition I might have a good shot
at.
I tell myself this is just like any other audition. I say it again and again until
I feel that my brain is at least pretending to believe it. I don’t give in to the
pressure of knowing this might be my last good shot.
Today’s just like any other audition.
The sun is shining bright in a clear blue sky. It’s a typical hot summer
morning in LA, but I feel the temperature of my blood lowering in my body
as I walk through the gate only employees are allowed to use into the
Movieland theme park.
It’s the middle of July and peak season. The park is already crowded,
and it hasn’t been open for more than an hour. The air is blanketed in a
mixture of sweat and excitement, heat radiating and reflecting from every
surface.
Sweet clouds of the heavenly aromas of baked cinnamon, sugar, and
nuts swirl in the air coming from Sprinkled Dreams, but everyone seems to
ignore it, lost in the frenzy of getting to the most thrilling rides and
attractions. I consider stopping by to get a cinnamon roll and say hello to
my friend Ellen, but I think better of it and instead join the crowd on their
journey along the main street that connects the park entrance to the
Hollywood Plaza, where the imposing Palace Theater sits in all its glory.
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