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BEAUTY, DISRUPTED
By: Carre Otis
It Books
October 2011
On Sale: October 11, 2011
336 pages
ISBN: 0062024450
EAN: 9780062024459
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Teen runaway, supermodel, and actress CarrΓ Otis found herself in the public eye from a very tender age. Millions of people gazed at provocative images of her in magazine and billboard ads from Guess and Calvin Klein as well as in features on the pages of Playboy and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. By the time she was twenty, they had also seen her on posters for the controversial film Wild Orchid, with Mickey Rourke. The troubled marriage to Rourke that followed soon thereafter was widely reported on in the media, as were CarrΓβs struggles with drugs and a particularly brutal eating disorder. But to see someone naked on the page or exposed on the screen and in tabloids doesnβt mean we know who that person really is. After a decade-long deeply reflective and spiritual journey to discover for herself who she is, CarrΓ found the balance and serenity she sought and is now ready to share her side of the story with the world. She confronts her complex past fearlessly and with unrelenting candor to set the record straight. The result is a narrative of success, despair, and ultimate triumph over sexual exploitation and our cultural obsession with appearanceβa narrative of beauty disrupted, reclaimed, and made more radiant through self-acceptance, inner peace, and the love of family.
 Media BuzzExtra - October 12, 2011
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