Length50m
About this audiobook
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To three million followers, Elena Vance is the "Zen Architect"—the ultimate girl boss living a life of marble penthouses, designer silk, and effortless abundance. But when the ring light flickers out, the truth emerges. Elena is a fraud. She lives in a 200-square-foot walk-up, drowning in debt, and scrubbing the floors of the luxury apartments she pretends to own.
The pressure of the lie reaches a breaking point when a whistleblower threatens to expose the "dirty" reality behind her polished aesthetic. As her digital empire begins to crumble, Elena must face a terrifying question: Who is she when the filters are stripped away?
The Filtered Life is a gritty, humanized exploration of the cost of curated perfection and the hollow core of influencer culture. Written by Janet James, it is a story of debt, deception, and the messy, beautiful reality that only begins when the screen goes dark
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (11)
GenreLiterary Classics
Length50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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