God Bless This Mess: Learning to Live and Love Through Life's Best (and Worst) Moments

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A New York Times bestseller.

My life was a complete mess, and God bless all of it. Because its in the messes wherewe learn the mostas long as we slow down enough to realize what God is trying to show us.

Suddenly in the spotlight, twenty-four-year-old Hannah Brown realized that she wasnt sure what she wanted. After years of competing in beauty pageants, and then starring on The Bachelorette and Dancing with the Stars, she had become incredibly visible. There she was, in her early twenties, with millions around the world examining and weighing in on her every decision. She found herself wondering what it would mean to live on her terms. What it would mean to stop seeking approval from others and decidefor the first timewhat it was she wanted from her own life.

An honest and earnest examination of her own mid-twenties, God Bless This Mess is a memoir that doesnt claim to have all the answers. Hannah knows she doesnt have all the answers. What she does have is the insight of someone who has spent critical years of her youth under public scrutiny. 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. 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 sameand to embrace the messiness that comes hand-in-hand with self-discovery (even if that sometimes means falling flat on your face).

Using her time on The Bachelorette as a launching pad, Hannah doesnt shy away from the most painful experiences of her life: moments when her faith was tested, when she feared it was lost, and the moments when she reclaimed it on national television. And Jesus still loves me. Fans will be inspired by the never-before-told stories: the ones about facing depression and anxiety during her pageant years, the ways in which therapy and journaling have proven to be a saving grace, and the previously private momentsboth at home and on televisionthat have shaped the stars outlook.

Honest and emotionally urgent, God Bless This Mess is a reminder that true growth doesnt come without strifeand its through those dark, messy moments that self-acceptance and love can bloom.

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Hannah Brown starred on season 15 of ABC's hit reality series The Bachelorette, and went on to win season 28 of Dancing with the Stars. The twenty-six-year-old beauty pageant titleholder and winner of Miss Alabama USA 2018 is originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She now lives in Los Angeles, California.