Book details

  • Genre:family & relationships
  • Sub-genre:Dysfunctional Families
  • Language:English
  • Pages:296
  • eBook ISBN:9798350967876
  • Paperback ISBN:9798218277376

Lipstick on a Pig

By Rebecca Butt

Overview

Lipstick on a Pig is a raw, darkly funny memoir about childhood trauma, family dysfunction and confronting the ghosts of the past. Through humor, heartbreak, and brutal honesty, Rebecca Butt proves that even life's messiest stories can be unforgettable and inspirational stories of resilience.
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Description

For Becky Butt, chaos wasn't an occasional inconvenience--it was practically the family pet. In Lipstick on a Pig, Becky delivers a memoir that's as funny as it is heartbreaking. With razor-sharp wit and candor, she shares the messy reality of growing up in a fractured family, battling binge eating and morbid obesity, wrestling with the ghosts of her past and present---both figurative and literal---and discovering that healing rarely arrives on time and looking the way we expect. Unflinching, flippant and ultimately hopeful, Lipstick on a Pig is for anyone who's ever wondered if they were too broken to put themselves back together--and discovered that the cracks are where the light gets in. Messy. Honest. Funny. Hopeful. Because healing isn't linear. Thankfully, neither is this story.
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About The Author

Rebecca Butt lived in a world of books and filled notebooks with happy tales--complete with houses, trees, flowers and birds--a world far brighter than the one she knew. That early love of storytelling became a lifelong passion, and ultimately, the foundation for her debut memoir, Lipstick on a Pig. A licensed Speech-Language Pathologist with a master's degree in communication sciences and disorders, Rebecca now serves as a Director of Special Education in New Hampshire. Her professional life has been dedicated to helping others find their voices. Through her writing, she's finally found the courage to share her own. With equal parts grit, humor and heart, Rebecca writes about trauma and the imperfect journey of healing. It may make readers cry, and it will surely make them laugh. Rebecca lives in New Hampshire, where she works with children and families while proving that our past may shape us, but it doesn't have to define us. Lipstick on a Pig is her invitation to anyone who's ever felt broken: healing is possible, hope is real and sometimes the best way through the darkness is with a little laughter. 
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