Brunette Ambition

353 Pages·2014·41.14 MB·English

by  Michele Lea

BRUNETTE
AMBITION
LEA MICHELE
CROWN ARCHETYPE
NEW YORK

Copyright © 2014 by Lea Michele
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by CROWN ARCHETYPE, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a
division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York.
www.crownpublishing.com
Crown Archetype with colophon is a trademark of RANDOM HOUSE LLC.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Michele, Lea.
Brunette ambition/Lea Michele.
p. cm.
1. Self-help—Personal Growth—General. 2. Biography & Autobiography—Entertainment & Performing
Arts. 3. Self-help.
BF697.S46
2013050624
ISBN 978-0-8041-3907-6
eBook ISBN 978-0-8041-3908-3
Book design by JENNIFER K. BEAL DAVIS for BALLAST DESIGN
Photography credits: see this page
Cover design by Michael Nagin
Cover photography: Peggy Sirota (cover); Justin Coit (fashion, food, fitness)
v3.1
This book is dedicated to my
beautiful mother:
Thank you for being the safety
net that has always allowed me
to reach for the stars.
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
LETTER TO FANS
CHAPTER 1: WHAT MAKES ME ME
CHAPTER 2: THE BIZ
CHAPTER 3: SELF-CARE 101
CHAPTER 4: FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD
CHAPTER 5: LIVING THE FIT LIFE
CHAPTER 6: EVERYDAY STYLE
CHAPTER 7: RED CARPET FASHION
CHAPTER 8: HOLLYWOOD GLAM
CHAPTER 9: FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER 10: MY LIFE WITH GLEE
UNTIL NEXT TIME
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS
TO THE GREATEST FANS ON
EARTH
I
’ve been so lucky in my life—in Glee and beyond—to have such an incredible support system in all of
you. You’ve really made this journey so wonderful, and I most certainly wouldn’t be where I am today
without you.
This book is the story of how I got to where I am today—as incredible and unexpected as that journey
has been. My hope is that you take something from it that will inspire and motivate you, and also make you
realize that anything you want to accomplish in your life is completely possible. After all—through some
remarkable luck and a lot of hard work—I’ve managed to make many of my dreams come true.
I especially want to thank my biggest fan, Cory, who read almost every chapter of this book. He, too, was
so thankful for all the support I had from all of you. He very much lives on in these pages: Not only did he
give me a ton of practical feedback in terms of notes and edits, but he shines through in everything that I’ve
done in my life and has been an incredible source of love and inspiration. I couldn’t have made this book
without him.