“Dishy, warm, and entertaining.”—Kirkus Reviews ?The beloved Black pop culture icon, entrepreneur, Hollywood actress and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star bares her life in this frank, funny, and fearless memoir about life, love and the pursuit of true happiness. Love Me As I Am is Garcelle Beauvais’s smart, inspiring, and raw memoir—an entertaining and unforgettable emotional rollercoaster ride that moves from her early childhood years in Haiti to her adolescence in Boston; from her heady days as a young model in New York—her first taste of real freedom—to Los Angeles and the many ups, downs, and then more ups, both personal and professional, she experienced in her three-decade acting career, including her massive fame as a star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Throughout her life, Beauvais has suffered from an emotional battle between her wild, rebellious nature and her desire to be a “good girl.” No matter how many cover stories she earned, “Most Beautiful” lists, or coveted roles in iconic series such as The Jamie Foxx Show and NYPD Blue, Beauvais could not cure herself of her “disease to please” or learn to put herself first. She also had to learn how to unapologetically put herself first. In Love Me As I Am, she brings together the voices of both the good girl and the rebel to deliver an unflinching examination of her successes and ongoing challenges as a mother, wife, daughter, sibling, and friend. Beauvais fearlessly talks about how she boldly embraced her sexuality in her 40s, and her determination to break free of the stereotypes that define and limit African American women in popular culture. Most importantly, she reveals how finally putting herself first led to better relationships with her three sons and even her ex-husband. Beauvais dishes too—offering juicy behind-the-scenes stories from movie sets, red carpet events, and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Love Me As I Am is an unflinching look at one woman’s extraordinary journey to create a new and more exciting life—and to become the woman she was meant to be.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was born on a Monday in November 1966, in Marie Claire Beauvais, France, to Axel Jean-Pierre and Marie-Claire. I never took my father’s last name, and I ended up with my mother’s maiden name. #2 I was a Peenie Greet, or skinny twig, as my brother Maurice referred to me. I was painfully skinny, and I hated my protruding wings on my back. I was never given a middle name, but I embraced my nickname, Gachou. #3 The island of Haiti was full of bright colors, and the people there were always happy and grateful to be alive. They radiated the same colors that were everywhere in their culture. #4 I remember the music of my childhood, which was the soundtrack of my youth. It was the music of Creole, a language that was born out of a combination of European French and African languages.

DO YOU LOVE YOURSELF? Most people have never even asked themselves that question, let alone know how to answer it. This is because we live under a modern plague, where masses struggle to love themselves as God loves them. Very few understand how to love themselves in a healthy way and have no tools to break free from the resistance that blocks them. Jesus said that we are to love our neighbor "as ourselves." Yet that phrase seems to be the most ignored command of the Bible. The fruit of our relationships hinges on our ability to loves ourselves with the love that God has for us. So many struggle in a daily battle that keeps them from the freedom that love has. In this book, Mark will utilize his personal freedom experience and over 20 years working with people to unlock the missing link to powerful relationships. In this book, you will be equipped to move into the power of self-love by: - Learning what healthy self-love is and what it is not. - Identifying the resistance that blocks people from loving themselves. - Observing how a lack of self-love affects every area of our lives. - Unlocking practical ways to gain freedom and to love yourself as God does. - Receiving important tools that you can practice immediately to overcome. - Putting healthy self-love into action to give and receive love powerfully!

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In Adam Bede, George Eliot (pen name for Mary Ann Evans) took the well-worn tale of a lovely dairy-maid seduced by a careless squire, and out if it created a wonderfully innovative and sympathetic portrait of the lives of ordinary Midlands working people--their labors and loves, their beliefs, their talk.

An interesting mix of poetry that presents topics about love, life, and the intricacy of being in a relationship is in the new book titled Love Me Love Not written by author Maureen Whiting. Writing and reading poems about love is a way to get in touch with one's inner feelings about the emotions of loving and being loved. It spans emotions from hate and despair to admiration and adulation. The poems offered in this book reflect that diversity. Poems about love are not only for lovers but speak to anyone who has experienced the desire to be loved. Poems about love are one of the most difficult things for a poet to excel in but are also the most exciting and the most challenging to write. To analyze the beginning, and the finality of love, the author exposes to readers the illusions, pain and healing in her poems. This collection is written, with true emotion and humor. For readers who have suffered from a broken heart, they will certainly find a common lament in the poems presented in this book. Poetry that deals with the subject of love adds something into this world. It gives, and sometimes it can change the way readers see the world. It can be angry and potent, but all these poems, these moments in language, emanates from love itself. After all, love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. Throughout history, the world culture has defined love to be a mysterious, complex, difficult, and indefinable entity and the subject of poems and other literary works.