Approval Junkie By Faith Salie is definitely a book for women of all ages to put on their "noga" pants (Yoga pants that have never been to yoga) and enjoy. Faith Salie describes her life thus far in adorable snippets so reading it can be done all at once or a chapter at a time without worry of losing your place. These bite size looks into her life include hilarious made up words such as "wasband" her term for her ex-husband and emotionally charged situations that keep you wanting to read more.
From the first page, I found myself laughing out loud at both the what and hows of her life enhanced by her amazing storytelling ability. The events, she writes in glorious detail and humor, are so relate-able to me and for many women of any age. I was the girl she described in high school, good (almost perfect) grades and a bit conscious of my short comings who completely out of character attempted to win a pageant. I can also unfortunately put myself in her shoes in terms of losing my mother at around the same age to cancer and encountering so many life events that I longed to be able to share with her.
To me the book gives us, as women, the ability to take a step back and realize that we need to consider ourselves as important. We live as wives, mothers, and daughters so often overlooking the fact that we are people as well. The desire to make everyone else happy seems to be ingrained in our DNA but we can have it all with a little bit of help and a lot of self-reflection.
I spent my lunch breaks reading and the number of people who have claimed dibs on the book keeps getting longer.
More about the Author "I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review."
