Hey everyone, Alison Stoner here.

Semi-Well-adjusted, despite literally everything, is my debut memoir slash cultural expose

slash therapy session with footnotes.

On this extra special bonus episode of Dear Hollywood, you're getting a sneak peek into the book.

If you like what you hear and want more,

click the link in the show notes to order a copy of the book, or the e-book, or the digital

audiobook, read by yours truly, of course. Enjoy this chapter from the audiobook.

Chapter 14

Last Workout Circuit. Flip the tire down the block,

grab the sledgehammer for 20 slams,

then push the weighted sled back,

shouted Thad, a yoked personal trainer

who prioritized muscle gain over everything.

I locked eyes with the asphalt, visualizing myself in the hunger games, a gruesome competition

where adolescents were forced to fight to the death.

I plotted my route through the fictional cornucopia, a large metal structure housing weapons

and supplies.

Timer starts. Now! I squatted to grab under the tire, already in character as Katniss

Everdeen, the lead role I was auditioning for. Katniss was a lean, lithe, and resourceful

16-year-old with black hair, olive skin, and gray eyes.

A tough and independent survivalist whose childhood was cut short,

she bravely volunteered to replace her little sister in the annual bloodshed.

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