Note: This review is part of the Women On Writing blog tour for Destiny Allison. Link here for more information on her tour!
I met Destiny Allison online once before, during an earlier blog tour with Women On Writing when I reviewed her book Shaping Destiny on my Book Talk blog in 2012. Needless to say, I was thrilled to review her latest memoir The Romance Diet. I was not disappointed. I love memoirs and Destiny draws you in with her writing, honesty, insight, and details of her life . Her fears resonate with all of us. Her courage is amazing.
The Romance Diet is intimate, grueling, heartbreaking, and finally, exhilarating. Destiny's honesty is raw as she takes us on her personal journey (along with her husband) on reshaping her life. It is not just about weight loss. It is a story on coming to terms with personal demons and finding the strength to move forward.
As a well-known sculptor, Destiny's
identity was solidly in place, especially in her mind. Which is where I live –
don’t you? How we perceive ourselves makes us function at our best or worst. A
back injury changed all that. She gained weight. Worried about health. Worried
about not being sexy enough. She could not do what she loved best, create those
extraordinary huge metal sculptures. She needed to find her new passion to feel
complete. A new business venture was the answer but brought on other issues to deal with. It is not easy looking deep into your soul for answers. Could questioning too much ruin her marriage? What roles are women expected to play in relationships and society.
Destiny came through a winner. Which my guess is one of her strong traits. As far as beauty, if I look at photos of Destiny from a few years back and compare them to today, she has an inner beauty that makes her softer and more beautiful than ever.
The memoir is short and I read it in one night. I couldn't put it down once I started. Her issues may be different than yours, but her tenacity and strength is something everyone can draw from and apply to their own life.
About the Author:
Destiny came through a winner. Which my guess is one of her strong traits. As far as beauty, if I look at photos of Destiny from a few years back and compare them to today, she has an inner beauty that makes her softer and more beautiful than ever.
The memoir is short and I read it in one night. I couldn't put it down once I started. Her issues may be different than yours, but her tenacity and strength is something everyone can draw from and apply to their own life.
About the Author:
Destiny Allison
Destiny Allison was a professional and award-winning sculptor. Her work is collected by individuals, civic entities, and corporations worldwide. When an injury required her to re-envision her life, Allison did what she always does. She applied her explosive creativity and dog-with-a-bone tenacity to new endeavors.
In 2011 she was named Santa Fe
Business Woman of the Year. Her community building efforts and innovative
business model transformed a bankrupt shopping center into a thriving community
and commercial center.
In 2012 she published her first
book, Shaping Destiny: A quest for meaning in art and life. The book won best
independent non-fiction/memoir in the 2013 Global Book Awards.
Since then, she has published two
novels and opened a general store.
Allison believes that one’s life
is one’s greatest work of art. Hence, she flows freely between mediums.
Unafraid to make mistakes and always passionate, she lives in Santa Fe, NM.
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