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    Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
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    Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
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    Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
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    Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure

    Written by Amy Kaufman

    Narrated by Amy Kaufman

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    About this audiobook

    The first definitive, behind-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, America's favorite guilty pleasure, by a respected L.A. Times journalist and die-hard fan of the iconic reality TV show.

    For fourteen years and 37 seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers' lives. The show's popularity and relevance remains as high as ever since it premiered in 2002—the most recent season of The Bachelor drew in over 7 million viewers each week.

    Even if you don't tune in to the show, its reach and influence into the cultural zeitgeist is undeniable. Bestselling writers and famous actors live tweet about it. Die-hard fans—dubbed "Bachelor Nation"—come together every week during each season to participate in fantasy leagues and viewing parties.

    Bachelor Nation is the first behind-the-scenes, unauthorized look into the reality television phenomenon. LA Times journalist Amy Kaufman, and proud member of Bachelor nation, reached out to dozens of producers, contestants, and celebrity fans from 2002 through 2015 to give readers never-before-told details of the show's inner workings: the inside scoop about mansion life, juicy tales of producer manipulation, and revelations about the fantasy suite.

    But for readers who have never once tuned in, Amy explores what our fascination means, culturally: what the show says about the way we view so-called "ideal suitors," our subconscious yearning for fairytale love, and how the iconic TV show has shaped society's feelings about love, marriage and feminism by appealing to a marriage plot that's as old as Jane Austen.

    Editor's Note

    Welcome to ‘Bachelor Nation’ …

    Dive into Amy Kaufman’s behind-the-scenes tell-all where she interviewed producers, contestants, and celebrity fans to give you a taste of what happens in the mansion, long after the cameras are turned off.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 6, 2018
    ISBN9780525527480
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    Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure

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    • 2/5
      Honestly I thought I'd love this book. I'm a Bachelor fan, I've read other books about and by former Bachelor contestants and this one fell short. It seems like Kaufman didn't really have a direction and just wanted to write about the Bachelor and her life. The shorthand "Bach" "Discush" got grating by the end. There was a lot of good research, but it was disjointed. She interviewed a few Bachelor contestants but it didn't provide new or juicy information. She was "black balled" from the franchise, but it seems like she was trying to suck up to get back in with this book.
    • 2/5
      I thought this book would have more behind the scenes information about the show “The Bachelor”. In fact, it is a history book of dating shows and not a lot of insider info. The author did not actually work on the set of the bachelor So she has some insider stories but not a lot of good info. Also I didn’t like the millennial speak such as watching “the Bach” or “the girls live in the mansch””. That started to get to me and there is a lot of it.
    • 5/5
      Loved it! Amy describes a lot of things about how the show is made and I liked hearing about her own experiences with the franchise!

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