In Praise of Difficult Women by Karen Karbo

* PROVEN CATEGORY: The success of best-selling women's inspiration/pop culture books like Shelly Branch's What Would Jackie Do? and Karen Karbo's own The Gospel According to Coco Chanel (150,000+ copies sold in hardcover) demonstrates a widespread public thirst for tales of glamorous, inspiring women. Karbo distills these lessons with wit and humor, examining the universal themes that connect us to each of these mesmerizing personalities today: success and style, love and authenticity, daring and courage. Their lives-imperfect, elegant, messy, glorious-provide inspiration and instruction for the new age of feminism we have entered. Spirited rule breakers who charted their way with little regard for expectations: Frida Kahlo, Nora Ephron, Hillary Clinton, Amy Poehler, Shonda Rhimes, Elizabeth Taylor, and Helen Gurley Brown, among others. Best-selling author Karen Karbo (The Gospel According to Coco Chanel) spotlights the

Smart, sassy, and unapologetically feminine, this elegantly illustrated book is an ode to the bold and charismatic women of modern history. In the Reader's Guide included in the back of the book, Karbo asks thought-provoking questions about how we relate to each woman that will make for fascinating book club conversation.From Amelia Earhart to Carrie Fisher, this witty narrative explores what we can learn from the imperfect and extraordinary legacies of 29 iconic women who forged their own unique paths. But it can make it more fulfilling-whatever that means for you. Being 'difficult,' Karbo reveals, might not make life easier.

Best-selling author Karen Karbo ( The Gospel According to Coco Chanel) spotlights the spirited rule breakers who charted their way with little regard for expectations: Amelia Earhart, Helen Gurley Brown, Edie Sedgwick, Hillary Clinton, Amy Poehler, and Shonda Rhimes, among others. Overview: From Frida Kahlo and Elizabeth Taylor to Nora Ephron, Carrie Fisher, and Lena Dunham, this witty narrative explores what we can learn from the imperfect and extraordinary legacies of 29 iconic women who forged their own unique paths in the world. In Praise of Difficult Women: Life Lessons From 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules by Karen Karbo, foreword by Cheryl Strayed

In Praise of Difficult Women by Karen Karbo