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Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain Review

Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
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Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain ReviewAs the previous reviewer has pretty much summarised the entire book (!) I'll just say that this is an honest, moving and well written account of a dark time in Portia's life. It was hard to read how she brought herself close to death, keeping herself on a tiny allowance of calories and strenuous exercise (in high heels at times). I know Hollywood expects women to be thin, but I was saddened to read her accounts of costume fittings - where she was humiliated for being anything other than 'stick thin'.
I loved the story about meeting Ellen in 2001 at a concert, when Ellen invited her over to her house along with other guests. Portia thought she was just being polite, but it turned out that Ellen had only invited the other people over so she would have the excuse of a party to invite Portia. So Ellen was stuck with having to entertain all those people that night!
I think coming out as a lesbian in Hollywood is still a risky move (how many others are there? not many) and Portia is an inspiration to other women who are coming to terms with their sexuality and trying to live their life honestly. Well done Portia, from a fellow Aussie :)
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Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl Review

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Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl ReviewThe story: bright, imaginative girl in small-town Arkansas grows up weird, including serious adventures in eating disorders, mania, depression, borderline personality disorder, suicide attempts, sex, drugs, rock n' roll, theatre, art, therapy, and unwanted internet fame. Pershall does a masterful job of balancing the subjective story of how it all FEELS with intelligent and thoughtful insights into how it all WORKS; even pathologies and crises that nearly killed her are both related with brutal and vivid honesty and explained in accessible terms. Even after years of up-close personal experience with bipolar and borderline loved ones, I found Pershall's white-knuckle ride to stability left me with a lot to think about. This book is hard to put down, and often painful to read, but I'm sure it'll be harder still to forget, not just because of how powerfully she describes the mad world she's barely survived, but because of her gift for making readers UNDERSTAND behaviors and psychopathologies the world in general often mocks or turns away from in disgust. I guarantee that before you're done reading this you'll be making a mental list of people you care about whom you want to read it too.
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