She began daily journal writing at the age of fifteen when her very beloved cousin died. She did share with us though, that she always thought she would be a writer. Jessica has no desire to be in the limelight on stage singing, today.
She loves her more quiet off-stage life with Eric and their children. Jessica sincerely sounds happy, thankful, and at peace with who she is today.(that was not always the case), Yale graduate- hot shot football player.both in college and later professionally - played for the SF 49ers. They married in 2014.Įric has an impressive background too. They were married for four years between 2002 & 2006.Īt present, Jessica is married to Eric Johnson. We learn of the long courtship, between Jessica & Nick ( TWO pop stars). also a song writer, producer, and television personality. In conversational styling, we continue to learn about Jessica’s family - her parents - and her sister, Ashlee, her marriage to Nick Lachey, ( I had to look him up, too) > a popular lead singer of the multi platinumīoyband 98 Degrees. It sold 2 million copies in United States. at the age of 16, she signed a debut album, ‘Sweet Kisses’, with Columbia records, in 1997. she grew up in a church going family and performed in church choirs. but several people mentioned her book was good. I knew next to nothing about Jessica Simpson, ( singer, actress, fashion designer, author). This was a great tell all type of story about Jessica’s life and it was empowering and highly entertaining.Īudiobook.library overdrive.read by Jessica She’s been through a lot and there were some hard to read moments and a ton of growth and revelations. It felt like she was right there with you, telling you her story. This memoir was narrated by Jessica herself and I can’t recommend listening to it enough. Jessica’s always been shown as a dumb blonde, and she has her blonde moments, but she’s much more smart and savvy than she’s portrayed. With Jessica only being a few years older than me, I watched her rise to fame (I was actually a big fan of her sister when I was in high school) and fondly remember listening to her music in middle-school and watching ‘The Newlyweds’ (Nick and I share a hometown of Cincinnati so I always thought that was cool). After reading, I feel like there is so much more to Jessica Simpson than meets the eye. “Sometimes we are all so afraid to be honest with ourselves because we know that honesty will lead to somewhere.” I wrote this ten years ago. There is no way he was doing this to only Simpson, right? Can we all agree John Mayer is a disgusting fucboi? I would love to read a well-written expose of his shitty behavior. I suppose this is how you become and stay rich? Every move of hers - including that ill-fated reality show that was largely responsible for the demise of her first marriage, almost all of her charitable work, and clearly this book - is tied to her financial advancement. I wish she would embrace that side of hers more fully.
One thing I will give Jessica, she is a savvy business woman. Her celebration of her sobriety is definitely premature. However, for every affirmation of her loving her body, there is a tummy tuck or a Weight Watchers deal for every proclamation of love for her children, there is the fact she's been drunk around them for 90% of the time and the odd judgment of other ("cupcake") moms for every statement of loving to make affordable clothes for her fans, there is relentless label bragging, etc. There are threads about addiction, positive self-image, respect. She does go into some traumatic events in her life, which I empathize with, but essentially her overall message is exactly like she is - kind of muddled, confused, and delivered in a tone of self-congratulation, general ignorance, open-eyed hypocrisy and unexamined privilege. Some of the reviews have led me to believe I would discover a new side of Jessica Simpson here, but alas, she is exactly what we (I) know her to be. That's why Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood succeeds, but Open Book doesn't. I personally believe that a successful autobiography must be about things larger than one's desire to set facts straight, and not many celebrities are capable of seeing beyond their self interest. I rarely read celebrity memoirs anymore, because more often than not they are money-grabbing tools of self-promotion sprinkled with headline-generating tidbits of juicy goss.
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