By pushing against her engrained need to seek approval, and learning how to think critically about her own goals and desires, Hannah inspires others to do the same-and to embrace the messiness that comes hand-in-hand with self-discovery (even if that sometimes means falling flat on your face). Thus what emerges is a quarter-life memoir that speaks to the set of difficulties young women face, and how to move through them with grace. What she does have is the insight of someone who has spent critical years of her youth under public scrutiny. Hannah knows she doesn't have all the answers. What it would mean to stop seeking approval from others and decide-for the first time-what it was she wanted from her own life.Īn honest and earnest examination of her own mid-twenties, God Bless This Mess is a memoir that doesn't claim to have all the answers. She found herself wondering what it would mean to live on her terms. There she was, in her early twenties, with millions around the world examining and weighing in on her every decision. After years of competing in beauty pageants, and then starring on The Bachelorette and Dancing with the Stars, she had become incredibly visible. Suddenly in the spotlight, twenty-four-year-old Hannah Brown realized that she wasn't sure what she wanted. Because it's in the messes where we learn the most-as long as we slow down enough to realize what God is trying to show us." It is revealing insight that most women and teen girls can probably relate to and Brown hopes it helps them feel less alone on their own journeys."My life was a complete mess, and God bless all of it. "This book was really powerful for my family, for all of us, to start talking about it openly with each other for the first time it was a very hush-hush thing that we didn't talk about that happened to our family that obviously affected us all." "I wanted to take the time to remember them and the integral part that their life and death played in my life and my family's life," Brown said. It's a horrible tragedy that has shaped her family and something they didn't talk much about in the aftermath, until now. She shares very emotion photos of her aunt and young cousins who were tragically murdered. Readers will enjoy the photos of Brown throughout the years, but some in particular stand out. "I pride myself on being really honest and it was really important for me to talk about how their relationship, our relationship in our family and the things we've gone through in our family have shaped me as a person," Brown said. She talks about her beauty pageant past, high school, college, her family and her parents' relationship. She gives a raw account of what happened behind the scenes, after the show, and during her time with each.Įven more interesting, Brown gives readers a glimpse into the events that made her who she is today. It was a whirlwind of a year, followed by the pandemic.īrown details her breakup with her fiancé, the rekindling of romances with the other two men in her top three, Peter and Tyler. "Writing a book I knew was going to be difficult and definitely an undertaking but I didn't prepare for how emotional and emotionally taxing it was going to be," Brown said.īrown was "The Bachelorette" and "Dancing with the Stars" champion in 2019. NEW YORK (WABC) - Have you ever wondered what goes through the mind of "The Bachelorette" on her journey to find love? Former "Bachelorette" Hannah Brown gives an extremely candid inside look at the process and her feelings along the way in her new book, "God Bless This Mess." Jennifer Matarese interviews former "Bachelorette" Hannah Brown about her new book, "God Bless This Mess."
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