Synopsis:
A sometimes serious, often hilarious, and always inspiring guide that encourages young women to live a life full of ownership, confidence, and freedom from singer and popular Scream Queensand Grease Live! actress Keke Palmer, delightfully illustrated in four color with Keke’s favorite inspirational quotes, journal entries, and memes.
As a successful music artist, actress, and talk show host, from inner city Chicago, Keke has always used her social media following and platform for real talk about the issues that matter most to her generation, but now she is speaking out candidly and for the first time about the secrets, struggles, and practices that have guided her to succeed. On the surface, it may appear that Keke has it made, but under the success, she has grappled with the same issues all young women wrestle with—identity, pressure, self-worth, love, sexuality, heartbreak, and family.
With this in mind, she created I Don’t Belong To You—an inspirational guide that encourages young people to change their mindset and live with more freedom, confidence, and love as they navigate the rough terrain of the twenty-first century. Full of revealing stories from Keke’s personal and professional life, this book tackles twelve topics—sexuality, race, anxiety, success, bullying, and body image to name a few—with refreshing honesty.
Within each chapter are quotes, texts, song lyrics, and funny memes that have inspired her; and practices that can help you stay on a path of always growing, never grown. With a voice of empathy, tough love, and determination, Keke speaks about the challenges and triumphs she has experienced on her journey to finding her own voice and creating a beautiful life. I Don’t Belong To You is the motivation you need to move past pain and fear to lead a life full of creativity, spirituality, passion, and unlimited success.
As a successful music artist, actress, and talk show host, from inner city Chicago, Keke has always used her social media following and platform for real talk about the issues that matter most to her generation, but now she is speaking out candidly and for the first time about the secrets, struggles, and practices that have guided her to succeed. On the surface, it may appear that Keke has it made, but under the success, she has grappled with the same issues all young women wrestle with—identity, pressure, self-worth, love, sexuality, heartbreak, and family.
With this in mind, she created I Don’t Belong To You—an inspirational guide that encourages young people to change their mindset and live with more freedom, confidence, and love as they navigate the rough terrain of the twenty-first century. Full of revealing stories from Keke’s personal and professional life, this book tackles twelve topics—sexuality, race, anxiety, success, bullying, and body image to name a few—with refreshing honesty.
Within each chapter are quotes, texts, song lyrics, and funny memes that have inspired her; and practices that can help you stay on a path of always growing, never grown. With a voice of empathy, tough love, and determination, Keke speaks about the challenges and triumphs she has experienced on her journey to finding her own voice and creating a beautiful life. I Don’t Belong To You is the motivation you need to move past pain and fear to lead a life full of creativity, spirituality, passion, and unlimited success.
Rating:★★★★★
Review:
I can't even explain in words how excited I was to read this from Keke so I'll just jump right into it. The thing I loved most about this book is that while reading it, you know it's Keke that wrote it and not just some editor. If you know Keke in any way, shape, or form while reading this you unmistakably hear her voice in your head, like a personalized audiobook, and that to me just made this so much more personal to read.
This was my first read in the self-help genre and I was a little bit hesitant because I thought it was going to be very generic and just telling me what I wanted to hear, but it was far from any of that. I really appreciated, and I think others as well will appreciate that she isn't acting like she has all of the answers to this crazy thing called life by telling us what we NEED to do. But she's without a doubt telling us what SHE did in whatever situations she found herself in and how SHE let HER experiences shape HER life. It's your life, do with it what you will but make it count!
I enjoyed reading about how she came to realize certain things about herself (getting to know herself) and how she grew and learned from her mistakes. I loved how blatantly honest she was about her ups and downs in all aspects of her career, all of the good and bad she's experienced getting in the industry and staying in the industry. She basically shows us that just because something didn't go as planned the first time doesn't mean we should give up all hope and quit. #Empowerment
That brings me to the fact that I think ladies around 13 or 14 would also really benefit form reading this because I feel like it's just very uplifting and empowering to girls that are coming into their own and changing into the future adults their going to be for the rest of their lives.
This was just a very beautiful book all around! I loved all of the emoji's, hashtags, and quotes, this was just very fun to read and I definitely recommend this.
One of my favorite quotes from the book: "Remember, the caterpillar doesn't ask, 'When am I going to become a butterfly?' It just waits patiently until it is transformed"-Keke Palmer
One of my favorite quotes from the book: "Remember, the caterpillar doesn't ask, 'When am I going to become a butterfly?' It just waits patiently until it is transformed"-Keke Palmer
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