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Shine, January 2006
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A Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Journey to Finding Love
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January 2006
304 pages ISBN: 0060824182 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Star Jones Reynolds had done it
all. College on scholarship, law school on loans, and life
by faith.
She had achieved a prestigious career as a lawyer and
prosecutor,
provided much-needed calm and insight while reporting the
Rodney King
and O. J. Simpson trials on television, and landed a spot
cohosting one
of America's most popular daytime television shows, The
View. Then why was she feeling so down?
It all began when Star took a close look at herself and her
life and
realized she wasn't happy with what she saw: obesity
precluded her from
crossing her legs, she needed an asthma inhaler, she
couldn't fasten
her own necklace, and, worst of all, she got too tired to
shop -- a
disaster because Star Jones Reynolds is a seriously
committed shopper.
Then she realized something else: with all her extraordinary
accomplishments, none of it mattered without true love.
Thinking long
and hard, she finally understood that she hadn't yet met the
man of her
dreams because she wasn't ready for him.
Star decided
to make it happen. She began a personal journey to
reconstitute her
physical look, emotional state, and already strong
spirituality. Even
if she didn't find love, it would be a win-win situation
because she'd
emerge from the experience a healthier, happier woman -- one
who could
truly shine. Unless you live on another planet, you know
Star succeeded
in her quest and did find true love -- and it wasn't that
hard at all.
In Shine, she shares it all in her wise, revealing,
irreverent, laugh-out-loud style. Shine is divided into three main sections, each exploring core
issues of
interest to women. Part One guides women toward being their most
attractive physical selves using Star's personal secrets on
losing
weight and finding hair, fashion, and makeup chic
(inexpensively). Part
Two asks tough questions about emotional preparedness for a
relationship and shows you how to think like lawyers, and
how to get
your financial and emotional houses in order. Part Three
delves into a
woman's spiritual life -- discover how to talk to God no
matter what
your religion. Spiking the book are Star's "absolutes" --
truisms that
have always worked for her and continue to give her guidance
-- quizzes
and self-assessment exercises that will help you focus on your
particular strengths and weaknesses. Everyone knows
Star
Jones Reynolds is a success story, a happy,
rough-edges-to-emotional-and-financial-riches tale. Until
you read this
book, you won't know how she got there -- and how you can
echo her
triumphs and shine.
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