The petite blonde singer/actress, business woman extraordinaire shares many intimate, dicey details with her readers for whom she feels will benefit from the lessons learned through her journey. Yes, Jess delves into her failed marriage with Nick, sex abuse as a child, religious fervor, problems with her dad as manager, her fraught relationships with John Meyer and Tony Romo prior to her happily ever after with husband Eric Johnson and their three children. The beautiful, successful pop star suffers from insecurities and low self-esteem. Boo hoo hoo! Who is this book for? Jessica tells the reader in her introduction "If you feel like I wrote this book for you, it's because I did." I believe Jessica wrote this book without help from a ghostwriter but her lofty ideals for sharing her life's wisdom to benefit "you" feels, ignoble and ridiculous. "...my intention with this book: To pack all I'd learned the hard way into something I could give you as you start-or restart-your own journey... something to help as you make your own way." All I can say, is...Jessica's life never sounds anything other than one whose many advantages, talent, good-looks, financial success and golden opportunities far outweigh her woes. I admired Jess and her family for getting her career off the ground with little know how, only faith in their daughter and hard work. Ashlee and Jessica share a wonderful sibling relationship which is nice to know. But, the blow by blow of the extravagant life-style, personal assistants and make-up artists, exclusive parties, private jets makes her struggles seem like poppycock. Jessica was not selected as a Mouseketeer when she auditioned as a child although she came very close. Those she met who made the cut were: Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, Christina Aguilera and Brittney Spears. At the end of Jessica's book, when it's time to say good-bye to all who read her book (including me) she writes, "Leaving you now, I feel the way I do seeing my children off to school...And, most important, I love you." Although readable, I find the time spent doing so regrettable. Perhaps this is geared for fans of hers which I was not.
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