In her memoir detailing her battle with anorexia, Unbearable Lightness (Atria/Simon & Schuster) (yes, I, too, cringed at a title that, while apt, mostly invokes the very different and very sacred Milan Kundera novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being), de Rossi creates a true page turner, revealing a generous amount of character, insight, and detail through which the reader is able to experience every dip and toss of her descent into anorexic insanity. I’ll approach any famous person’s memoir with the same level of skepticism: are you writing this because you’re a writer with a story to tell, or because you’re a celebrity with a book contract to fulfill? Naturally, I’m partial to books that honor the former, and it was a relief to discover that Portia de Rossi is a writer with a story to tell. ‘Unbearable Lightness’ by Portia de Rossi
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