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Still Beautiful: On Age, Beauty and Owning Your Space
They say the only thing scarier than ageing is not ageing at all, but how many of us truly live like this is true?
For some, turning another decade older is a milestone they’d rather not mark. But when Katie Piper turned forty, it was only cause for celebration. With an acid attack causing her to stare death in the face at age twenty-four, Katie’s approach to ageing was changed irrevocably. In a world where women have too often been made to feel irrelevant or invisible for going through the natural ageing process, she now sees each passing day as life’s greatest gift – but you don’t need to go through trauma to give your views on ageing a much-needed overhaul.
Every day is a Gift will challenge deeply ingrained thinking about ageing and offer a positive, life-enhancing alternative. With essays on everything from the beauty of laughter lines to seeing the joy in slowing down, this book will make ageing a club women want to be a part of – one that sees ageing as synonymous with growing, learning, connection, creativity and freedom.
It's time to embrace today and look forward to the future with confidence.
For some, turning another decade older is a milestone they’d rather not mark. But when Katie Piper turned forty, it was only cause for celebration. With an acid attack causing her to stare death in the face at age twenty-four, Katie’s approach to ageing was changed irrevocably. In a world where women have too often been made to feel irrelevant or invisible for going through the natural ageing process, she now sees each passing day as life’s greatest gift – but you don’t need to go through trauma to give your views on ageing a much-needed overhaul.
Every day is a Gift will challenge deeply ingrained thinking about ageing and offer a positive, life-enhancing alternative. With essays on everything from the beauty of laughter lines to seeing the joy in slowing down, this book will make ageing a club women want to be a part of – one that sees ageing as synonymous with growing, learning, connection, creativity and freedom.
It's time to embrace today and look forward to the future with confidence.
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272 pages, Hardcover
Published June 10, 2025
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About the author
Katie Piper
38 books126 followersKate Elizabeth "Katie" Piper (born 12 October 1983) is a philanthropist, television presenter and former model from Andover, Hampshire in England, UK. Piper had hoped to have a full-time career in the media, but in March 2008 sulphuric acid was thrown in her face. The attack, which blinded Piper in one eye, was arranged by Piper's ex-boyfriend, Daniel Lynch, and carried out by an accomplice, Stefan Sylvestre. Lynch and Sylvestre were arrested and are serving life sentences in prison for their crimes.[1]
The attack took place in north London and Piper was treated in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where the surgeons removed all the skin from her face before rebuilding it with a skin substitute and then a skin graft. The procedure was the first of its kind to be completed in a single operation.[2][3]
In 2009, Piper chose to give up her anonymity in order to increase awareness about burn victims. The Channel 4 documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face was first aired on 29 October 2009 as part of the Cutting Edge series; it has subsequently been repeated on several occasions, made available for online on-demand access, and sold internationally.
More recently, Piper has appeared in a follow-up series for Channel 4, released a best-selling autobiography, and had a regular column in weekly magazine Reveal; however, she primarily works for her charitable organisation the Katie Piper Foundation.
The attack took place in north London and Piper was treated in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where the surgeons removed all the skin from her face before rebuilding it with a skin substitute and then a skin graft. The procedure was the first of its kind to be completed in a single operation.[2][3]
In 2009, Piper chose to give up her anonymity in order to increase awareness about burn victims. The Channel 4 documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face was first aired on 29 October 2009 as part of the Cutting Edge series; it has subsequently been repeated on several occasions, made available for online on-demand access, and sold internationally.
More recently, Piper has appeared in a follow-up series for Channel 4, released a best-selling autobiography, and had a regular column in weekly magazine Reveal; however, she primarily works for her charitable organisation the Katie Piper Foundation.
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January 27, 2025
What an amazing woman
October 4, 2025
What an uplifting read. Thank you Katie Piper
November 12, 2025
An inspiring exploration of aging as a woman that comes to the conclusion that “ultimately, we are the heroes of our own stories” and that growing older can be a process full of both beauty, joy and power.
I wonder if revisiting the book when I have left my twenties would allow me to connect with the book more deeply, as although it felt like a good, albeit self-help-y, read, something didn’t quite connect personally.
I wonder if revisiting the book when I have left my twenties would allow me to connect with the book more deeply, as although it felt like a good, albeit self-help-y, read, something didn’t quite connect personally.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews