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Nyrae Dawn | Searching for Beautiful
March 4, 2014
There are times I look back on my teen years and wince. There were some very
happy times but there were definitely hard times too. Those years are full of
ups and downs and they can be very hard to understand. When I was a teen, everything was big. My emotions were big. Every fight with a
friend, or crush I had on a boy felt like it would make or break my life. I
think that's pretty normal for the age group. I drew on those feelings when I wrote SEARCHING FOR BEAUTIFUL. I
remember those times when I felt everyone was beautiful except for me, when I
thought I understood what true beauty was, but now I know I didn't have a clue.
If I could have had my adult knowledge as a teen things would have been so much
easier. I had no idea who I was, but didn't know it. I had no idea who I wanted
to be. That's why I wrote this book, and those are the kind of feelings I hope it helps
people work through. I wrote this book for my daughters but also for ANY girl.
Like Brynn, most of us are searching for our own form of beautiful, not knowing
beauty is what comes from inside. We're all beautiful in our own way. The main character in SEARCHING FOR BEAUTIFUL
deals with a lot of real life teen issues. They aren't comfortable issues but
they're real and painful yet they form who she is. She's able to grow from them.
That's all we can ever really hope for. If you could tell your teen self one thing, what would it be? Before it happened... Brynn had a group of best friends, a boyfriend who loved her, a growing talent
for pottery. She had a life. And then...she had none. After it happened... Everything was lost. The boy she now knew never loved her. The friends who felt
she betrayed their trust. The new life just beginning to grow inside her. Brynn believes her future is as empty as her body until Christian, the boy next
door, starts coming around. Playing his guitar and pushing her to create art
once more. She meets some new friends at the local community center, plus even
gets her dad to look her in the eye again...sort of. But letting someone in
isn't as easy as it seems. Now... Can Brynn open up her heart to truly find her life's own beauty, when living for
the after means letting go of the before? Comment to win an e-copy of SEARCHING FOR BEAUTIFUL,
tell us your image of "beautiful"
Comments
16 comments posted.
Re: Nyrae Dawn | Searching for Beautiful
I love how you wrote something personal. I connected with it. I would love to win
this book!
(Kalynn Dresser 4:39pm March 1, 2014)
I already read a book you wrote "Out of Play" and I'm really
glad to have a opportunity to read another of your books!
(Maria Margarida Pires 7:14am March 2, 2014)
Beautiful is what is on the inside - a person's joy, passion, love, empathy...
This sounds like a great story. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
(Kelly Powell 5:26pm March 2, 2014)
Beautiful can be the physical look but it can also be the essence of the person.
(Pam Howell 7:54am March 4, 2014)
I would tell my teen self to live for the moment but plan for the future.
Everything will take place in its own time.
(Lisa Garrett 4:22pm March 4, 2014)
sounds like a great book
(Janet Gould 6:40pm March 4, 2014)
My beautiful image is a lot more forgiving than I am.
(Kai Wong 12:28pm March 5, 2014)
'Beautiful' is someone with a big heart and who takes into account how others feel.
(Marcy Shuler 3:21am March 5, 2014)
I love this blog,... I was the same way as a teen thinking
everyone but me was beautiful. I was friendly with everyone
& always said hi to everyone in the hall at school, I wasnt
part of one particular crowd, I was just me. I felt like an
outcast, but if I could go & talk to my teen self I would
tell her that it's ok to be unique & not part of one
group,... u werent a follower! True friends will like you
for who you are no matter what,... & don't be in such a rush
to grow up because u have the whole rest of your life to be
an adult, you only have a short time to be a kid/teen. Dont
put the weight of the world on your shoulders,... & it's ok
to grieve for lost loved ones, & it's ok to get help when
you feel like your life is crumbling down around. Yeah, I
would tell my teen self alot of things!
Beauty to me is something that comes from the inside! U
could be the prettiest person, but with the worst
attitude,... & that could make someone be real ugly to me.
Ok, I will shut up now! I hope I made sense lol
(Brandi Dagwan 7:12am March 5, 2014)
Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder!
(Denise Austin 3:55pm March 5, 2014)
The cross
(Anna Mekus 4:24pm March 5, 2014)
Peace within!!
(Mary Preston 9:58pm March 5, 2014)
I love books like yours that lets you relate to the characters.I have read a couple of your books I borrowed from a friend and I loved them. Thanks for the chance to win a fabulous book
(Tina Counterman 11:58pm March 5, 2014)
Only one thing? Well that's hard to chose cause i would
really love to tell to my teen self a lot of things.
But one thing i should have known that maybe should have
really mattered at the time, i would tell me this: God loves
you even when you don't... when you don't love your self or
you don't love him back or you don't believe in him or when
you think he's abandoned you. i would have felt so much
better knowing that few years ago when my depression took
over me making me do stupid things. And now that i know this
i'm a new person but i guess i had to go trough that time
period to be the person i am today so if i had the chance to
say something to my teen self i think i would not use it :)
(Sarah Hansrote 4:23am March 6, 2014)
Have never read one of your books, would sure like to win one.
(Judy Ferguson 10:25am March 9, 2014)
I would tell my teen self to quit stressing over looks,
because we grow into ourselves and things tend to settle down
as we age. Acne isn't something that usually lasts forever.
(Alyson Widen 4:49pm March 14, 2014)
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