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Welcome to my Stop on the Blog Tour for Women Like Us by Amanda Prowse!
What They Say:
Amanda Prowse has built a bestselling career on the lives of fictional women. Now she turns the pen on her own life.
I guess the first question to ask is, what kind of woman am I? Well, you know those women who saunter into a room, immaculately coiffed and primped from head to toe?
If you look behind her, you’ll see me.
From her childhood, where there was no blueprint for success, to building a career as a bestselling novelist against all odds, Amanda Prowse explores what it means to be a woman in a world where popularity, slimness, beauty and youth are currency—and how she overcame all of that to forge her own path to happiness.
Sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious and always entirely relatable, Prowse details her early struggles with self-esteem and how she coped with the frustrating expectations others had of how she should live. Most poignantly, she delves into her toxic relationship with food, the hardest addiction she has ever known, and how she journeyed out the other side.
One of the most candid memoirs you’re ever likely to read, Women Like Us provides welcome insight into how it is possible—against the odds—to overcome insecurity, body consciousness and the ubiquitous imposter syndrome to find happiness and success, from a woman who’s done it all, and then some.
What I Say:
I genuinely don't know what to say about Women Like Us. How do you review a memoir written by one of your favourite, drop-everything-and-read authors who you've been lucky enough to become friends with? Well, here goes nothing...
Women Like Us is a brutally honest and thought provoking memoir, written by a 50 something woman who also happens to have sold millions of copies of her 30+ books worldwide. It is raw, emotional, relevant and heartbreaking. It is hopeful, full of love and inspiring.
Mandy lays it all out in this book. Nothing is taboo or off limits. This is so admirable and it's what sets #WLU apart from so many other memoirs out there. There are certain topics that resonated hard with me; miscarriage, depression and food addiction. I have found hope and positivity within these pages that I plan on taking forward. I am going to make changes to my life and will happily credit Amanda Prowse with my new found ambition and confidence.
In short, if you are a woman, buy this book. If you know a woman, buy her this book. It will start frank and open discussions that we all need to have and will help us all to know we're not alone. There are so MANY WOMEN LIKE US out there. 12/10
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Thank you to the team at Love Books Tours for allowing me to read an advanced copy ahead of my blog tour stop.
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