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Abook about a rare life profound love profound grief anxiety selfassurance 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

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 Este Lauder in 1989 she was one of the highestpaid models in the worldWhen 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 exhusbands deathand the revelation of a deep betrayalPorizkova 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 reinvention and finding your purpose In these essays Porizkova bares her soul and shares the lessons shes learnedoften the hard way After a lifetime of being looked at she is ready to be heard