"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"--
I appreciate what Paulina has achieved, her outspokenness, her life。 But her story in essays is not interesting enough for me and there are so many better writers I prefer to read。 I abandoned the book。
Susie Stangland,
I read this cover to cover。 Couldn’t put it down。 I found her sincere and transparent。 She lets herself be vulnerable to judgement but at the same time assumes so much reflective responsibility for the amount she acquiesced to boundaries her husband requested which hindered her career and lifelong savings, this reader felt empathetic and also recognizes she was so young。 It was such a different time, the 80s。 I appreciated how she openly discussed the concept of beauty, what it means。 Her commun I read this cover to cover。 Couldn’t put it down。 I found her sincere and transparent。 She lets herself be vulnerable to judgement but at the same time assumes so much reflective responsibility for the amount she acquiesced to boundaries her husband requested which hindered her career and lifelong savings, this reader felt empathetic and also recognizes she was so young。 It was such a different time, the 80s。 I appreciated how she openly discussed the concept of beauty, what it means。 Her communist childhood and then her wealthy teen years were a fascinating contrast to read。 I highly recommend her story as a fun revisit to American 80s icons and also a close look at a woman growing to independence。 。。。more