Everyone Is Beautiful: A Novel

ISBN: 034549797X

Author: Center, Katherine

Condition: New

A hugely entertaining, poignant, and charming novel about what happens after happily ever after-from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bodyguard and The Rom-CommersEveryone Is Beautiful is for every woman who has ever struggled to find, hold on to, and nurture authenticity in the midst of that wild, messy, wonderful thing called motherhood.-Brené BrownLanie Coatess life is spinning out of control. Shes piled everything she owns into a U-Haul and driven with her husband, Peter, and their three little boys from their cozy Texas home to a multiflight walkup in Boston. Shes left behind family and friends-all so her husband can realize his dream of becoming a professional musician. But somewhere in the eye of her personal hurricane, it hits Lanie that she once had dreams too . . . if only she could remember what they were.These days, Lanie always seems to prioritize herself last-and when another mom accidentally assumes shes pregnant, its the final straw. Fifteen years, three babies, and more pounds than shes willing to count since the day she said I do, Lanie longs desperately to feel like her old self again. Its time to rise up, fish her moxie out of the diaper pail, and find the woman she was before motherhood consumed her entire existence.Lanie sets change in motion-joining a gym, signing up for photography classes, and finding a new best friend. But she also creates waves that come to threaten her whole life. Balancing motherhood and me-time, marriage and independence, and supporting loved ones while also realizing her own dreams, Lanie must figure out once and for all how to find herself without losing everything else in the process.