EAN: 9780593493526

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

“A book about a rare life profound love profound grief anxiety self-assurance empowerment aging loss and joy. It is nuanced complex insightful helpful and constantly surprising.” —Ann Patchett New York Times bestselling author of These Precious Days Writer and former model Paulina Porizkova pens a series of intimate introspective and enlightening essays about the complexities of womanhood at every age pulling back the glossy magazine cover and writing from the heart. AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER Born in Cold War Czechoslovakia Paulina Porizkova rose to prominence as a model appearing on her first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover in 1984.  As the face of Estée Lauder in 1989 she was one of the highest-paid models in the world. When she was cast in the music video for the song “Drive” by The Cars it was love at first sight for her and frontman Ric Ocasek. He was forty at the time and Porizkova was nineteen. The decades to come would bring marriage motherhood a budding writing career and later sadness loneliness isolation and eventually divorce. Following her ex-husband’s death—and the revelation of a deep betrayal—Porizkova stunned fans with her fierce vulnerability and disarming honesty as she let the whole world share in her experience of being a woman who must start over.   This is a wise and compelling exploration of heartbreak grief beauty aging relationships re-invention and finding your purpose. In these essays Porizkova bares her soul and shares the lessons she’s learned—often the hard way. After a lifetime of being looked at she is ready to be heard.

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