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A Girl's Guide to Love, Life and Foolish Bravery
Broadway
April 2006
256 pages
ISBN: 0385512120
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir | Contemporary
In a society that puts so much emphasis on perfection, Veronica Chambers mischievously casts aside the guilt-inducing litany of "shoulda, coulda, woulda" that seems to define modern-day life and replaces it with a resounding call to live with รฏยฟยฝfoolish bravery.รฏยฟยฝ Refreshingly open about the personal failures and limitations that once weighed her down with shame, Chambers describes how she turned her less-than-perfect qualities into sources of delight and satisfaction. From belting out off-key renditions of torch songs while washing the dishes to seeing even the most unlikely career opportunity as a chance to spread oneรฏยฟยฝs wings, Chambers shows that a willingness to fall flat on oneรฏยฟยฝs face heightens the joys of everyday life and opens a new, wonderfully liberating perspective on work, motherhood, aging, friendship, failure, and success. With a winning combination of lighthearted anecdotes and heartfelt musings, Chambers encourages readers to follow her example and do the things that tickle their fancies and fire their imaginationsรฏยฟยฝno matter what other people (and that little voice inside) may say. Like Chambers herself, theyรฏยฟยฝll discover that "what we consider our failures have a surprising ability to charm . . . we are loved for our imperfectionsรฏยฟยฝfor our funny faces and walks and dances and songs."
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