Unbearable lightness is the first book ive read on this amazon. Unbearable lightness is a story that inspires hope and nourishes the spirit. Personally, i have only seen arrested development, although ally mcbeal has been on my towatchlist forever. In this remarkable, landmark book, she has given the world a story that inspires hope and nourishes the spirit. Unbearable lightness an unusually fresh and engrossing memoir of both hollywood and modern womanhood. From her lowest point, portia began the painful climb back to a life of health and honesty, falling in love and marrying ellen degeneres and emerging as an outspoken and articulate advocate for gay rights and womens health issues. Written with artistry, compelling insight and lucid frankness, unbearable lightness offers solid hope and inducement to initiate the odyssey toward selfknowledge and acceptance. Quite possibly the best book on the subject ever written. Due to portia being a model, actress and celebrity, i feared that this memoir would come across as being a book written for the sake of writing a book, purely to make the person even more wellknown.
Ill approach any famous persons memoir with the same level of skepticism. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The bearable heaviness of portia derossis unbearable. Nov 04, 2010 in this web exclusive, portia opens up about her new memoir, unbearable lightness. I was a huge fan of ally mc beal in the early years of the show. I do not have an eating disorder and my overall opinion of sexuality is that most of us are pretty screwed up about it a good deal of our lives until we get our head straight.
I wish portia much success in spreading the knowledge through her book. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read unbearable lightness. In this web exclusive, portia opens up about her new memoir, unbearable lightness. While the book would have benefited from a talented editor especially in the first half it is a brutally honest account of. Unbearable lightness deals with her struggle with an eating disorder and her homosexuality early on in her career when she played on. She grew up in grovedale, a suburb of geelong, victoria, and modelled for print and tv commercials. This autobiography tells of an entertainers career, life, and her struggles with anorexia that left her with lupus.
I am a huge fan of the ellen show, so of course i heard about unbearable lightness a lot when it was about to be released. I liked this memoir because it was honest, blunt, and real, yet surprisingly humorous and enlightening. She took the viewer back to 1997 when ally mcbeal was the hottest show on tv and. This is portias story of struggling with body image issues and anorexia whilst hiding her sexuality. In the preface there is an excerpt from the middle of the book, which contains a description of how she was only consuming a tiny amount. This autobiography tells of an entertainers career, life, and her.
A story of loss and gain unknown binding january 2, 2010 4. Unbearable lightness download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. A crucial book for all those who might sometimes feel at war with themselves or their bodies. The bearable heaviness of portia derossis unbearable lightness. Most of the book deals with her illness, how she became anorexic, her state of mind in regards to her weight and weight loss, being gay in hollywood during a time when that was unthinkable and hitting rock bottom. She recounts the elaborate rituals around eating that came to dominate hours of every.
Unbearable lightness book trailer portia derossi youtube. Mar 22, 2012 you have to read portia derossis book unbearable lightness. In this remarkable and beautifully written work, portia shines a bright light on a dark subject. Portias unbearable lightness and ellens incredulity. A crucial book for all those who might sometimes feel at war with themselves or their bodies, unbearable lightness is a story that inspires hope and nourishes the spirit. If youre thinking this is going to be a cuddly little fable of them falling in love, think again. I have an eating disorder, and i just came out as bisexual, and there was a lot to relate to in her book. Shockingly candid, outrageously funny, self deprecating and no holds barred, unbearable lightness is an extraordinary account of a hollywood life not even the tabloids could make up. Its also portias story of accepting her sexuality, coming out in hollywood, marrying ellen degeneres and what life is really like inside the hollywood machine. Nov 05, 2010 i love ellen and what she gives back to life. From her lowest point, portia began the painful climb back to health and happiness, ultimately falling head over heels in love with ellen degeneres. I only know how to read books two ways fast or not at all. Jul 05, 2011 in this remarkable and beautifully written work, portia shines a bright light on a dark subject.
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