Open Book

by Jessica Simpson

The #1 New York Times Bestseller

Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, Open Book is as inspiring as it is entertaining.

This was supposed to be a very different book. Five years ago, Jessica Simpson was approached to write a motivational guide to living your best life. She walked away from the offer, and nobody understood why. The truth is that she didn’t want to lie.

Jessica couldn’t be authentic with her readers if she wasn’t fully honest with herself first.

Now, America’s Sweetheart, preacher’s daughter, pop phenomenon, reality tv pioneer, and the billion-dollar fashion mogul invites readers on a remarkable journey, examining a life that blessed her with the compassion to help others but also burdened her with an almost crippling need to please. Open Book is Jessica Simpson using her voice, heart, soul, and humor to share things she’s never shared before.

First celebrated for her voice, she became one of the most talked-about women in the world, whether for music and fashion, her relationship struggles, or as a walking blonde joke. But now, instead of being talked about, Jessica is doing the talking. Her book shares the wisdom and inspirations she’s learned and shows the real woman behind all the pop-culture cliché’s — “chicken or fish,” “Daisy Duke,” "football jinx," “mom jeans,” “sexual napalm…” and more. Open Book is an opportunity to laugh and cry with a close friend, one that will inspire you to live your best, most authentic life, now that she is finally living hers.

• ISBN10: 0062899961
• ISBN13: 9780062899965
• Publish Date: 27 February 2020 (first published 17 September 2019)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Imprint: Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins US
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 416
• Language: English

Reviews

[girlinthepages]

I really loved this. Jessica's voice is so authentic and she was very vulnerable and transparent about really everything in this memoir. It was fascinating to see behind the scenes, especially since her rise to fame coincided with so many others (Britney, Christina, etc). I also had no idea she ended up such a successful business woman (I adore my Jessica Simpson Collection shoes but had no idea the brand had cleared a billion dollars). There was also so much nostalgia reading this for the late 90s/early 2000s pop scene, and I definitely went down the rabbit hole of listening to some of my fave Jessica songs, including "With You" and "I Belong to Me." Overall a fascinating, honest and quick read that's made me curious to check out other celebrity memoirs.