Driving the Saudis: A Chauffeur's Tale of the World's Richest Princesses (Plus Their Servants, Nannies, and One Royal Hairdresser)
Language: English
Published by Free Pr, 2012
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- Title
- Driving the Saudis: A Chauffeur's Tale of the World's Richest Princesses (Plus Their Servants, Nannies, and One Royal Hairdresser)
- Author
- Jayne Amelia Larson
- Publisher
- Free Pr
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1451640013
- ISBN 13
- 9781451640014
After more than a decade of working in Hollywood, actress Jayne Amelia Larson found herself out of luck, out of work, and out of prospects.
When she got hired to drive for the Saudi royal family vacationing in Beverly Hills, Larson thought she’d been handed the golden ticket. She’d heard stories of the Saudis bestowing $20,000 tips and Rolex watches on their drivers, but when the family arrived at LAX with twenty million dollars in cash, Larson realized that she might be in for the ride of her life.
With awestruck humor and deep compassion, Larson shares the incredible insights she gained as the lone female in a detail of more than forty chauffeurs assigned to drive a beautiful Saudi princess, her family, and their extensive entourage.
At its heart, this is an upstairs-downstairs, true-to-life fable for our global times; a story about the corruption that nearly infinite wealth causes, and about what we all do for money. Equal parts funny, surprising, and insightful, Driving the Saudis provides both entertainment and sharp social commentary on one of the world’s most secretive families.
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Review
No one, including the author herself, escapes Larson's witty scrutiny. Sharp-eyed and humane."
"[This] book has a Lives of the Rich and Famous feel about it, but it's not all about the money and the people who spent it (sometimes in utterly staggering quantities). In addition to the money, there's some sentiment here, too, as the author comes to know these people, who seem to come from another world, and learns they aren't so different, after all."
""Driving the Saudis" is an entertaining, fast-paced read. As someone who has traveled with the Saudi royal family, I can confirm that Jayne Larson provides an amazingly accurate account. So if you want to take a ride with royalty without leaving the comfort of home, read this book."--Jean Sasson "New York Times bestselling author Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia "
"A stolen glimpse into the world's most important and intriguing family. A wonderful book, wonderfully written."--Robert Baer "author of New York Times bestselling Sleeping with the Devil and The Company We Keep "
" Driving the Saudis" is an entertaining, fast-paced read. As someone who has traveled with the Saudi royal family, I can confirm that Jayne Larson provides an amazingly accurate account. So if you want to take a ride with royalty without leaving the comfort of home, read this book. --Jean Sasson "New York Times bestselling author Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia ""
Driving the Saudis is an entertaining, fast-paced read. As someone who has traveled with the Saudi royal family, I can confirm that Jayne Larson provides an amazingly accurate account. So if you want to take a ride with royalty without leaving the comfort of home, read this book. --Jean Sasson "New York Times bestselling author Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia ""
"Jayne Amelia Larson spent seven weeks with the .001% and returned with an astonishingly rich story to tell. Honest, compassionate, and deeply entertaining, Driving the Saudis is the story of a woman trying to support her dreams, make a few bucks, and keep a gaggle of pampered princesses happy without losing her mind (or her perspective) in the process."--Suzanne Morrison "author of Yoga Bitch "
"Driving the Saudis is an entertaining, fast-paced read. As someone who has traveled with the Saudi royal family, I can confirm that Jayne Larson provides an amazingly accurate account. So if you want to take a ride with royalty without leaving the comfort of home, read this book."--Jean Sasson "New York Times bestselling author Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia "
"Unlike most snappy memoirs about working as a temporary chauffeur for some of the richest people in the world, Driving the Saudis not only contains hilarious detail and horrifying excesses, but also serious social insight and moments of pure heartbreak. In her compulsively readable story, Larson has created memorable portraits of two cultures: theirs and ours." --Jim Krusoe, Parsifal
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