Dial Press
Untamed: Reese's Book Club
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OVER THREE MILLION COPIES SOLD! "Packed with incredible insight about what it means to be a woman today."--Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club Pick)
In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, bestselling author, and "patron saint of female empowerment" (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others' expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us.
"Untamed will liberate women--emotionally, spiritually, and physically. It is phenomenal."--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of City of Girls and Eat Pray Love
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Bloomberg, Parade
This is how you find yourself.
There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder: Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to be grateful, hiding our discontent--even from ourselves.
For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her own discontent. Then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind: There She Is. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. But she soon realized they had come to her from within. This was her own voice--the one she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions, cultural conditioning, and institutional allegiances. This was the voice of the girl she had been before the world told her who to be. Glennon decided to quit abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world's expectations of her. She quit being good so she could be free. She quit pleasing and started living.
Soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, Untamed is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. It is the story of navigating divorce, forming a new blended family, and discovering that the brokenness or wholeness of a family depends not on its structure but on each member's ability to bring her full self to the table. And it is the story of how each of us can begin to trust ourselves enough to set boundaries, make peace with our bodies, honor our anger and heartbreak, and unleash our truest, wildest instincts so that we become women who can finally look at ourselves and say: There She Is.
Untamed shows us how to be brave. As Glennon insists: The braver we are, the luckier we get.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9781984801258
EAN:
9781984801258
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
352
Authors:
Glennon Doyle
Publisher:
Dial Press
Published Date: 2020-10-03
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Untamed starts as a stunningly raw and liberating manifesto on women’s identity, intuition, and personal freedom. The first half of the book is packed with moments that stopped me in my tracks—brilliant insights about what it means to stop performing and finally come home to yourself. I underlined entire paragraphs. It was inspiring and empowering to read of one who dared to dismantle the cages we live in from the inside.But as the book progresses, it drastically shifts. What began as a deeply personal journey into the wilderness of the soul slowly turns into a guided tour of cultural ideology. The tone moves from exploratory to instructive, from revelation to rhetoric. It stops inviting self-trust and starts prescribing beliefs. And for me, that change was disappointing.I wanted more of the Knowing—more of the woman who listens to the whisper within, not the one echoing what she thinks she’s supposed to say in progressive circles. I kept reading and waiting for her to come full circle, but it didn't. While I respect her heart and her courage, by the end, I no longer felt moved and inspired as a wan—I felt managed as a reader.If she had a deep need to make this shift mod-writing, I wish she would have just written two books.If you’re craving a mirror for your own awakening, the first half may crack something open in you. But be prepared: the second half may feel more like a checklist of political correctness than a continuation of spiritual intimacy.
Love the ideas in this book. Awesome read. Might be convinced the read it again and remind myself of the things she wrote
An enjoyable book to share between women, specially the younger ones. Glennon shares her story with a fresh mastery and creativity
Will come back to this book a million times. So healing and relatable. So empowering. Such an important read, for ALL women - although I went through something so similar to Glennon and found this book at THE most opportune time - important for all - women raising kids, women going through hard times, women unhappy in their marriages, or just plain women in general. Thank you for this book. 10/10/10/10
I absolutely love this book . Glennon allows herself to open up what feels like her deepest and most private aspects of her life allowing herself to be vulnerable which allows the reader to take a deeper more honest look within oneself. I wish i reader this before having children because the author shares some amazing insights. Although she writes a lot about expectations placed on women starting from earliest memories she also sheds light on the feelings we assume young boys don't have to deal with. I truly loved this book.
