Untamed [B2086]

2020 HCDJ in nice clean condition. "Packed with incredible insight about what it means to be a woman today."-Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club Pick). In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, bestselling author, and "patron saint of female empowerment" (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others' expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us. "Untamed will liberate women-emotionally, spiritually, and physically. It is phenomenal."-Elizabeth Gilbert, author of City of Girls and Eat Pray Love. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Bloomberg, Parade.

This is how you find yourself. There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder: Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to be grateful, hiding our discontent-even from ourselves. For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her own discontent. Then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind: There She Is. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. But she soon realized they had come to her from within. This was her own voice-the one she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions, cultural conditioning, and institutional allegiances. This was the voice of the girl she had been before the world told her who to be. Glennon decided to quit abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world's expectations of her. She quit being good so she could be free. She quit pleasing and started living. Soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, Untamed is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. It is the story of navigating divorce, forming a new blended family, and discovering that the brokenness or wholeness of a family depends not on its structure but on each member's ability to bring her full self to the table. And it is the story of how each of us can begin to trust ourselves enough to set boundaries, make peace with our bodies, honor our anger and heartbreak, and unleash our truest, wildest instincts so that we become women who can finally look at ourselves and say: There She Is. Untamed shows us how to be brave. As Glennon insists: The braver we are, the luckier we get.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "LOVED this. Glennon Doyle writes so effortlessly, and I fell in love with the images she uses to capture the nature of the world, from our relationships and daily struggles to what it means to be a woman, wife, mother, and human being. She gave language to feelings I have always intuitively known and held but haven't been able articulate. Reading her memoir felt like coming home."; "Interesting read from someone with a lot of passion for people but from the sidelines. I admire the author's ability to live her life happy, on her terms and no longer trying to fit into society's boxes regarding gender, religion, etc."; "I can see why so many people enjoy this!! there were some passages that left me with chills. all of the God talk was a bit much for me, and there were some other chapters that didn't resonate with me as I am not a mother! all those thoughts aside, an easy read with some really powerful moments."; "I loved this. Glennon's style of writing was fun, engaging, and real. Loved the personality that she showed through the entire book."