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Writer and former model Paulina Porizkova pens a series of intimate, introspective, and enlightening essays about the complexities of womanhood at every age, pulling back the glossy magazine cover and writing from the heart.
Born in Cold War Czechoslovakia, Paulina Porizkova rose to prominence as a model, appearing on her first Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover in 1984. As the face of Estée Lauder in 1989, she was one of the highest-paid models in the world. When she was cast in the music video for the song “Drive” by The Cars, it was love at first sight for her and fron tman Ric Ocasek. He was forty at the time, and Porizkova was nineteen.
The decades to come would bring marriage, motherhood, a budding writing career, and later sadness, loneliness, isolation, and eventually divorce. Following her ex-husband’s death—and the revelation of a deep betrayal—Porizkova stunned fans with her fierce vulnerability and disarming honesty as she let the whole world share in her experience of being a woman who must start over.
This is a wise and compelling exploration of heartbreak, grief, beauty, aging, relationships, re-invention and finding your purpose. In these essays, Porizkova bares her soul and shares the lessons she’s learned—often the hard way. After a lifetime of being looked at, she is ready to be heard.
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“Porizkova is uniquely positioned to write about the beauty industry, the fetishization of youth, aging in the public eye, and yes, feminism…[in] essays covering everything from an increasingly toxic marriage to honesty online.”
— Time
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“Porizkova reflects on the privilege that comes with being beautiful—and the obligation to wield it virtuously.”
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“The memoir truly comes alive—in style and substance—when Porizkova smashes the façade of her glamorous marriage to Ocasek…Porizkova walks a delicate line, capturing their complicated marriage and its many conflicting truths.”
— New York Times
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A New York Post’s “Required Reading” List Pick for Fall
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A Time Magazine Pick of the Month
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A Good Morning America Selection for the Month
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A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week
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About Paulina Porizkova
Paulina Porizkova, a Czechoslovak-born writer, is a former model who, in 1988, became one of the highest-paid models in the world as the face of Estée Lauder. She has starred in sixteen movies and a many television shows as an actress and she served as part of the judging panel on cycle 10 of America’s Next Top Model. Her debut novel, A Model Summer, was published in 2007. No Filter is her nonfiction debut.
About Maria Shriver
Maria Shriver in an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and documentary film producer. A Georgetown University graduate, she was a correspondent for Dateline NBC, as well as coanchor for several other network news shows. Her book successes include Ten Things I wish I’d Known before I Went Out into the Real World, And One More Thing before You Go …, as well as multiple educational books for children. Former first lady of California by her marriage to then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, she remains active in many philanthropic projects and volunteer organizations.