You might remember Charla Muller, whose first book was 365 Nights—the revealing memoir she wrote about being intimate with her husband every single night for a year—back in 2008. That book was an absolute sensation, and she was interviewed on just about every daytime talk show there is, including “The View” and “Oprah”, even featured on shows like “The Colbert Report”. The idea of sex every night with your husband was a phenomenon people couldn’t stop talking about. But something interesting happened when Charla watched all of her interviews back: she was mortified. But not because of the content of her interviews—and indeed, being asked by Barbara Walters about her orgasms was embarrassing in its own right—but instead, she absolutely hated the way she looked on television.
“Unblinkingly honest and candid, this is a journey from pretty to frumpy to pretty again told in a strong, no-holds-barred manner.”—Ronda Rich, bestselling author ofWhat Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should)
In her new book, PRETTY TAKES PRACTICE: A Southern Woman’s Search for the Real Meaning of Beauty(Berkley Trade Paperback Original; August 5, 2014) Muller writes about the exhilarating yet terrifying experience of having a hit book that gained her a ton of national media attention. While most published authors dream of this kind of success, she was so much more concerned afterward that she looked fat and unattractive. This is such a universal concern for women everywhere: success equals being physically visible in a lot of cases. . Charla did shed 60 pounds—and some tears—but more importantly, she learned the value of owning your own looks and feeling your absolute best, which is an incredibly powerful message. And that message is summed up beautifully through stories she swore she’d never ever tell in this funny, poignant, heartwarming guide to getting and feeling your prettiest, from the inside out. Play the best friv games web site online. The most popular collection of friv games are presented on this mega portal.
I think the most interesting thing about this book is that Charla’s success as an author made her so vulnerable that she wanted to hide from the camera at the exact moment when she had every right to accept the accolades and attention for her success in a public way—and only because she felt that by “normal” standards, she wasn’t “pretty” enough. (If you’re interested, she sums up the experience of writing the new book in this fascinating, short Ted Talk.)
