I finished this book a couple of days ago and I'm still blown away. Portia De Rossi wrote this autobiography to chronicle the darkest days of her life. She boldly exposes her battles with her self-image, self-loathing, and her paralyzing fear that someone would out her as a lesbian and her career (and life) would come crashing down around her.
She began abusing her body through eating disorders at the age of 12 when she decided to become a model to prove to others that she was beautiful (even if she didn't believe it herself.) She talks about her days obsessing over her eating rituals, her obsessive workout routines and manic episodes. Every costume fitting for her on the set of Ally McBeal (which I watched religiously as a kid) was a battle always ending in either victory or defeat.
She writes so beautifully that when she reaches 82lbs, it feels as though you're holding her entire weight (via the book) in your hands.
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