Open Book | Jessica Simpson
Title: Open Book Author: Jessica Simpson I listened to this on audiobook, and it was an unexpected pleasure. I was honestly expecting a half-thought-out superficial look at her life, but this book is well put together, and it is extremely evident Jessica put a lot of thought into the events of her life, how she got where she is, and the difficulties that she faced. I truly think listening to this on audiobook really added something to it. I could really hear her emotions--laughter and tears--throughout the book, which added so much more impact and made me feel the reality of her story. Parts of it were not easy to listen to, but they're equally important to listen to, especially if you're the mother of girls. Jessica tells us of her extremely conservative upbringing as a churchgoing family in Texas, how naive she was, her sexual abuse, her courtship and later marriage to Nick (and, yes, she does address the infamous "Is it chicken or is it fish?" mom...