In turns shocking and stirring, funny and heartfelt, this intimate memoir from Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay delves into her struggles both on and off camera--including wrestling with her identity, painful challenges with fertility and mental health, and the tension between remaining true to herself or protecting those she loves. Scheana Shay is ready to take back her narrative. Throughout eleven seasons of record-breaking TV, her reputation has largely been based on others' opinions of her. Between castmates, keyboard warriors, and media headlines, she grew used to being called every name in the book while shielding the most sensitive and traumatic pieces of her story that didn't fit into tidy, forty-minute television episodes. Now, readers will join Scheana as she faces her hidden struggles head on. And for the first time, her goal isn't to be liked. It's to be understood. In MY GOOD SIDE, Scheana pulls back the layers of the experiences that defined her, from feeling like an outcast within her community and even within her own family, to the bullying that followed her from the school yard to WeHo. For the first time, she explores how these rejections ingrained in her a desire to make herself more palatable, to trim off the inconvenient truths and complexities in exchange for pleasing everyone around her, from her family and friends, to the men she dated, and even the viewers. Along the way, she brings readers on a wild nostalgia trip through the early days of Vanderpump Rules, while recounting jaw-dropping stories from her Hollywood black book and hilarious escapades from her early twenties. She reveals how her outlook on love evolved after a marriage that nearly broke her, ultimately leading to a daughter she was told she may never have. The result is a story as empowering as it is entertaining, the memoir of a woman reclaiming a narrative that spun out of her control a decade ago, and who is finally ready to show all sides of her: the good, bad, and messy.
An intimate memoir from Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay, delving into everything from the origin story of the iconic show, to her struggles with fertility and pregnancy loss, and the behind-the-scenes moments that were left on the cutting room floor. Before eleven seasons of record-breaking TV, two Emmy nominations, and a chart-topping podcast, Scheananigans, Scheana thought that signing on to the Real Housewives' spin-off show, Vanderpump Rules, was a stepping stone to reaching her ultim