A heartbreakingly honest memoir of a young woman battling with self-esteem and eating disorders in the public eye. Endorsed with fabulous quotes from Jodi Picoult, Augusten Burroughs, Jonathan Safran Foer and Jeannette Walls. Portia's celebrity is well established, and she continues to be in the public eye. Best known for her role in Ally McBeal and her marriage to Ellen Degeneres.
Beschreibung
"I didn't decide to become anorexic. It snuck up on me disguised as a healthy diet, a professional attitude. Although there was a certain glamour to anorexics, I didn't want to be one. I just wanted to excel in dieting. And weighing in at 80 pounds on 300 calories a day, I was the best little dieter there ever was." In scalding prose, Portia de Rossi reveals the pain and illness that haunted her for decades. She alternately starved herself and binged, putting her life in danger and lying to herself and everyone around her about the depth of her illness. From her lowest point, Portia began the painful climb back to health and happiness, ultimately falling head over heels in love with Ellen DeGeneres. In this remarkable and landmark book, she tells a story that inspires hope and nourishes the spirit.
Klappentext
An honest memoir of a young woman battling with self-esteem and eating disorders in the public eye. De Rossi is an actress and model who alternately starved herself and binged, putting her life in danger. She pulled herself back from the brink by falling in love with Ellen DeGeneres, to whom she's now married. 'Breathtakingly honest, brutal and beautiful' Jonathan Safran Foer
Biografie
Portia de Rossi wurde in Australien geboren und ist eine bekannte Hollywood-Schauspielerin. Ihre berühmteste Rolle war die der Nelle Porter in der Kultserie Ally McBeal. Sie lebt mit ihrer Ehefrau, der Moderatorin Ellen DeGeneres, in Los Angeles.
