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A Lot Like Eve
- Fashion, Faith and Fig-Leaves: A Memoir
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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Summary
Joanna Jepson was born with a facial deformity that led to her being mercilessly bullied through childhood and adolescence while a strict evangelical upbringing imposed further challenges. Reconstructive facial surgery and a religious meltdown left her unrecognizable and disorientated and triggered a search for identity and belonging. After ordination, a spell in the cloisters of a Welsh convent, and a burst of headline-hitting fame in relation to the cleft-palate abortions in the news a few years ago, Joanna became the first chaplain to the London College of Fashion, with unique opportunities to explore the world of self-image. Not just an autobiography, A Lot Like Eve exposes the cultural idols and preoccupations that hook so many women into trying to prove that they are worthwhile in the way that the world expects. Like the first (metaphorical) woman, Eve, we too are still trying to pretend that we are wonderfully adorned by our own kind of fig leaves.
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- Billie
- 03-06-23
Inspiring and helpful
Very good, honest and meaningful narrative reflecting on painful life experiences and deep searching questions about her own identity formed much by her upbringing (nurture) and her disfigurement (nature). Must have been difficult for Joanna to get this down on paper. Grateful that she did. A valiant effort.
If in any way you have struggled to fit in, and you find yourself marginalised, or bullied, or neglected, and wonder what life is about you should find something you can relate to here, and hopefully take encouragement from Jo. There's always hope, and there's another chapter of your story about to unfold just around the corner.
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- Hannah Lantsbery
- 15-01-23
Thought provoking and impressive
loved it, loved it, loved it..
coming from a similar background it was helpful in understanding and working through some similar thoughts on faith, modesty, women in leadership etc
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