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Serious trigger warning with this book: eating disorders.

This is the story of Portia De Rossi‘s battle with anorexia and how it almost destroyed her life. Very moving and relatable as someone who also struggled with disordered eating.

An interesting read but definitely triggering so read with caution.

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Half way done w this one. Its heartbreaking

Book 74 of 2020
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My heart hurts. Mostly because I recognize so much of her thinking....

#MayMovieMagic #WeveOnlyJustBegun Karen Carpenter was blessed with the most angelic voice yet she struggled with an eating disorder that effects so many #AcrossTheUniverse 😔I‘ve been meaning to read the tagged book, maybe for my upcoming #BookFitnessChallenge I‘ll try the audio 🎧 70 million people “struggle” with their weight in some way, that‘s a lot of anguish we need to think about 😢 I recognize my own foolish battle with body image.

This was both a pick and very tough for me to finish listening to. Maybe it was the fact that it was audio and I couldn‘t just skim some parts, but I found her struggle with her eating disorders to be deeply, deeply sad. And that was so much more of the memoir than I was prepared for. So a pick, but one I am happy to have finished!

I just started listening to this and... woah. My fellow Littens, it gets better, right? I mean she falls in love and eventually has a happier life, right? Because the beginning when she describes what it is like to live with her anorexia is so hard to listen to - even as a person who has never had to struggle with this personally!

Finished this one late last night. I remember watching Ally McBeal with my mom and thinking that the actress that played Nelle was just gorgeous. So hard to believe everything she was struggling with at the time with her eating disorders and her sexuality.

This was such and open and honest look about how women today struggle with what they see in the mirror and how no matter what, you can find peace and happiness.

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Juno and I have gotten a good start to this autobiography. Haven‘t read nonfiction in awhile and it‘s a nice change of pace.

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A little bit of everything in tonight‘s book haul from the library. 🤓 #librarygirl #nolatefees

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 I thoroughly enjoyed this autobiography.

#true #lyricalapril two memoirs I happen to have close by . I read Mindy Kaling's book and enjoyed it. I haven't finished Portia De Rossi's book yet. Her book is more difficult to read. Anorexia is a very scary illness for the person suffering and for their loved ones.

I listened to this on audio (narrated by the author!) about four years ago, and it's really stuck with me. I love that de Rossi displays her progression from a young girl who just wants to be appreciated and noticed as something special through her struggles with anorexia and her sexuality to becoming a woman who understands that happiness is the key to health. #memoirlove #17booklove

I can't say that this is the most #memorablememoirs but her honesty about eating disorders and body image obsession is memorable.

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Portia de Rossi's memoir about her struggles with anorexia and accepting her sexuality. Managed to read the entirety of this on the flight, very engrossing. I've struggled with discorded eating and my own sexuality over the years and this was really tough to read, although the epilogue was really uplifting and lovely. ❤️❤️❤️