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“Her book’s catchy title belies its substantial content: this is an honest, perceptive memoir from a feisty survivor who’s willing to talk about every detail, like getting sick in cabs all through chemo treatments, baldness and sex. ” – Publishers Weekly
Having recently graduated from Columbia Journalism School and landed her dream job at 20/20, the very last thing 27-year-old Geralyn expects to hear is a breast cancer diagnosis. And there is one a part of the diagnosis that no one will discuss with her: what it means to be a young girl with cancer in a beauty-obsessed culture. Looking for herself, at the same time as losing her vibrancy and her looks, Geralyn embarks on a road to self-acceptance so as to inspire all women. Despite the fact that her book is explicitly about a time frame where she was once driven by fear and uncertainty about the future, Geralyn managed a transformation so as to encourage all women under siege to discover their own courage and beauty.
The important and outrageous lessons of Why I Wore Lipstick come fast and furious with the same gusto that Geralyn has learned to bring to every moment of her life.
THE BASIS FOR THE 2006 LIFETIME ORIGINAL MOVIE!