#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Over two million copies sold! “Packed with incredible insight about what it means to be a woman today.”—Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Pick)In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, bestselling author, and “patron saint of female empowerment” (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others’ expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • The Washington Post • Cosmopolitan • Marie Claire • Bloomberg • Parade • “Untamed will liberate women—emotionally, spiritually, and physically. It is phenomenal.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of City of Girls and Eat Pray LoveThis is how you find yourself.There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder:
Wasn’t it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to be grateful, hiding our discontent—even from ourselves. For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her own discontent. Then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind:
There She Is. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. But she soon realized they had come to her from within. This was her own voice—the one she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions, cultural conditioning, and institutional allegiances. This was the voice of the girl she had been before the world told her who to be. Glennon decided to quit abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world’s expectations of her. She quit being good so she could be free. She quit pleasing and started living. Soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender,
Untamed is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. It is the story of navigating divorce, forming a new blended family, and discovering that the brokenness or wholeness of a family depends not on its structure but on each member’s ability to bring her full self to the table. And it is the story of how each of us can begin to trust ourselves enough to set boundaries, make peace with our bodies, honor our anger and heartbreak, and unleash our truest, wildest instincts so that we become women who can finally look at ourselves and say:
There She Is.
Untamed shows us how to be brave. As Glennon insists:
The braver we are, the luckier we get.Untamed (Random House Large Print) by Glennon Doyle
A Memoir of Reclaiming Your Power
In her groundbreaking memoir, Untamed, Glennon Doyle invites us to challenge the expectations that hold us back and explore the wild and untamed places within us. With raw honesty and lyrical prose, Doyle shares her own journey of self-discovery as she navigates a divorce, falls in love with a woman, and learns to accept her own worthiness.
Doyle argues that we have been conditioned to believe that we must be perfect, productive, and pleasing in order to be loved and accepted. But this relentless pursuit of perfection is exhausting and ultimately impossible. It leads to feeling disconnected from ourselves, from our loved ones, and from the world around us.
Drawing inspiration from the natural world, Doyle shows us that the untamed parts of ourselves are the parts that make us most human. These are the parts that are raw, real, and vulnerable. They are the parts that are full of life and energy. When we embrace our untamed nature, we unlock a wellspring of creativity, passion, and power.
Untamed is a brave and beautiful book that will challenge the way you think about yourself and the world around you. It is a book that will inspire you to live a more authentic and fulfilling life.
Praise for Untamed:
"Untamed is a fierce, funny, and inspiring book that will change the way you think about yourself and the world. Glennon Doyle is a master storyteller who writes with raw honesty and lyrical prose. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to live a more authentic and fulfilling life."—Oprah Winfrey
"Glennon Doyle is a force of nature. In Untamed, she invites us to embrace our wild and untamed selves, and to live a life that is true to who we are. This book is a powerful reminder that we are all worthy of love and belonging, just as we are."—Elizabeth Gilbert
"Untamed is a groundbreaking book that will change the way you think about yourself and the world. Glennon Doyle is a brave and brilliant writer who has written a book that is both deeply personal and universally relatable. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to live a more authentic and fulfilling life."—Brené Brown
