Amanda Prowse has built a bestselling career on the lives of fictional
women. Now she turns the pen on her own life.
I guess the first question to ask is, what kind of woman am I? Well,
you know those women who saunter into a room, immaculately coiffed and
primped from head to toe?
If you look behind her, you'll see me.
From her childhood, where there was no blueprint for success, to
building a career as a bestselling novelist against all odds, Amanda
Prowse explores what it means to be a woman in a world where popularity,
slimness, beauty and youth are currency--and how she overcame all of
that to forge her own path to happiness.
Sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious and always entirely
relatable, Prowse details her early struggles with self-esteem and how
she coped with the frustrating expectations others had of how she should
live. Most poignantly, she delves into her toxic relationship with food,
the hardest addiction she has ever known, and how she journeyed out the
other side.
One of the most candid memoirs you're ever likely to read, Women Like
Us provides welcome insight into how it is possible--against the
odds--to overcome insecurity, body consciousness and the ubiquitous
imposter syndrome to find happiness and success, from a woman who's done
it all, and then some.
