Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall: How I Learned to Love My Body by Not Looking at It for a Year
✍ Scribed by Gruys, Kjerstin
- Book ID
- 107819860
- Publisher
- Penguin Group US
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 363 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781101609057
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✦ Synopsis
A scholar, fashionista, and bride-to-be spends a year without mirrors to get a better view of herself, her life, and what's really important.
When Kjerstin Gruys became engaged to the love of her life, she was thrilled--until it came time to shop for a wedding dress. Having overcome an eating disorder years before, Gruys found herself struggling to maintain a positive self-image as her pending nuptials imposed a new set of impossible beauty standards. She decided to embark on a bold plan for boosting her self-esteem while refocusing her attention on the beautiful world around her. A memoir of discovery, Mirror Mirror Off the Wall charts Gruys' awakening as she vows to give up mirrors and other reflective surfaces, relying instead on her friends and her fiance to help her gauge both her appearance and her outlook on life. The result? A renewed focus on what truly matters, regardless of smeared makeup, crooked eyebrows, or messy hair.
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