Hanging by a Thread: What would it take to walk away from your dream life in Monaco and a global, multi-million-dollar business?

by Erin Deering

Wind back the clock on any Australian or New Zealand woman in her thirties or forties today and you'd probably find a Triangl bikini tucked away in her swimwear drawer. The uniquely neoprene, colour-blocked bikinis were the summer accessory season after season. Yet as customers snapped selfies at the beach, one woman was holed up in a smog-filled Hong Kong apartment, living on canned soup, battling twenty-hour days and debilitating depression, trying to make it all happen.

Hanging by a Thread takes a vulnerable deep dive into success and the challenge of caring for your mental health while in pursuit of your dreams. From getting scammed out of $50,000, trying to illegally cross the border into China, meeting with elite private equity firms with a three-month-old baby in tow and even experiencing the Kardashian-Jenner-kiss-of-death, Hanging By A Thread shares what it was really like behind the closed doors of one of Australia's young start-up success stories, and to be a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown.

Genres: Memoir

276 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 26, 2023

Reviews

[Bre Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am thoroughly impressed with the amount of tangible takeaways Erin provided in her book. She also wrote this book herself without a ghost writer which is very refreshing for a memoir! I vividly remember when Triangl was the hottest swimwear brand and couldn’t wait to post my picture on Instagram! It was so fun to follow her crazy stories and get a look into how cut throat the industry IS! This book takes you on a wild ride for anyone aspiring to jump into apparel, entrepreneurship, or even just LIFE!

[Katie Sais · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed and learned a lot about the daily entrepreneur life. Detailed memoir on building the Triangl brand.

[Tara · Rating 2 out of 5]

A tad repetitive and not really informative at all.