Summary of Jessica Simpson's Open Book

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I had engineered my life so the world came to my house, a comfortable hangout place for my family and friends. I had the ability to do almost all the business side of my collection there. I was just never going to be the cupcake mom or the arts-and-crafts helper at school.
#2 I was blindsided by the news that my father was getting a divorce. I had given my father the confidence to leave his wife, which led to him being a grandfather at the age of forty.
#3 I was always the preacher’s daughter, and I felt that pressure to be perfect. I was always present when I performed, but it had been years since I had been onstage. I was anxious about meeting my parents’ friends and family.
#4 I had been writing songs about my life experiences, and I had not just been making music about what I’d been through in life, there were songs about my father as well. I wanted to play them for him.

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 28 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669369820
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Jessica Simpson's Open Book
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had engineered my life so the world came to my house, a comfortable hangout place for my family and friends. I had the ability to do almost all the business side of my collection there. I was just never going to be the cupcake mom or the arts-and-crafts helper at school.

#2

I was blindsided by the news that my father was getting a divorce. I had given my father the confidence to leave his wife, which led to him being a grandfather at the age of forty.

#3

I was always the preacher’s daughter, and I felt that pressure to be perfect. I was always present when I performed, but it had been years since I had been onstage. I was anxious about meeting my parents’ friends and family.

#4

I had been writing songs about my life experiences, and I had not just been making music about what I’d been through in life, there were songs about my father as well. I wanted to play them for him.

#5

I wrote a song about my father, called Practice What You Preach, and played it for him. He cried, and told me he was proud of me. I felt untethered. Who was I if I had no one to blame for my life but myself.

#6

I was not okay. I was drowning in my emotions, and I couldn’t fix it. I had to take my kids trick-or-treating, and I was stuck on the floor.

#7

I was dressed up as Willie Nelson, my friend and spirit animal, for Halloween. I was terrified of letting my daughter see me in that shape, so I went through the motions and got the photos.

#8

I had a party for my hair colorist Rita Hazan, who had flown in from New York. I had bailed on Koko, my assistant, who had put so much work into the party. I felt awful.

#9

I had one more glittercup to say good-bye to my drinking. But CaCee was not going to let me weasel out of my promise. She immediately texted Lauren, who was still on her way. Dude get your people moving. She’s ready.

#10

I was finally ready to get help, and I did. I went to see a doctor and explained to her all my life’s traumas, from the sexual abuse I suffered in childhood to the abusive, obsessive relationships I clung to in adulthood. I was finally ready to get help.

#11

I began to work with a therapist, who helped me understand what pain I was running from and what I was trying to hide. I had to walk forward through my anxiety to understand what I was hiding from.

#12

I had a stutter, and it was believed that it was caused by the head injury I received when I was thrown out of the car. I wanted Cheerios, and my mother would always say yes to me.

#13

I was extremely shy, and I rarely spoke in public. I had a sister, Ashlee, in 1984, and I loved her very much. We moved to Colorado in 1985, and I barely went to church.

#14

The future belonged to the brave. When I went to bed, I prayed for all the astronauts and Christa McAuliffe and her family. President Reagan had talked about their sacrifice, and in my five-year-old mind, I decided the best way to honor that was to take on Christa McAuliffe’s work and become an astronaut.

#15

I was so serious about becoming an astronaut after the space camp tragedy that my parents allowed me to attend space camp that summer. I was all in. But when I hit the first roadblock on the race to space, lunch, I decided I couldn’t be an astronaut. I was the wealthy one, not realizing it meant rich in spirit.

#16

I was baptized when I was ready, and I changed as a result. My father was a youth minister, and his salary was about $25,000 a year. My mother decided to start teaching an aerobics class at church, and she named it Jump for Jesus. It was popular, and I went to every class.

#17

My parents were always taking people in, and they didn’t just take in pregnant girls. They took in anyone who was in need, and this included babies who had been left alone in strange houses.

#18

I had a new baby brother, and my parents took care of him. I loved him, and I thought he was the greatest. But I also missed my nana and papa’s house in McGregor, where I spent most of my time with my cousins.

#19

I have always been intuitive. I would often know what was going to happen before it happened. I would think that God would provide, but sometimes it felt like I knew what was destined to be.

#20

I was abused by a family friend when I was six, and I never told anyone about it. I was protecting my abuser, because I thought that if I named what she was doing, she would feel the shame I felt.

#21

I was 12 when I told my parents what was happening. I felt like I might be sinning by allowing the girl to continue to do these things to me, but I was the victim. I felt in the wrong.

#22

I was so excited about the ticket I had won, I couldn’t wait to tell my parents. My parents were shocked, and didn’t talk about it. Instead, we just went back to start.

#23

I was a seventh grader at camp, and I was swept up in the moment. I heard myself sing, and I thought that was the voice God wanted me to use. I decided to give myself over to the ministry.