Ines de la Fressange details how she derives joy from her personal relationships—friends, family, and partner—and shares tips for finding happiness in others.
Friendship has always been Ines’s refuge, and her deepest personal growth has come through her closest relationships. She can attest that surrounding yourself with the right people is the secret for finding joy and navigating the high and low points with equal grace. Life is never exactly what we expect it to be; it’s full of surprises, and that’s a good thing. After a period of recentering on ourselves, it’s time to turn that focus onto others.
Ines has compiled everything that brings her happiness through her various relationships. She shares how she nurtures those connections, combining advice with lifestyle tips to get you through every from style to sharing meals to simple wellness pleasures like goal setting, gratitude, and letting go. The book is filled with her charming drawings and personal photographs.
This chic volume features an ultra thin hardcover binding, pages sewn in with variegated color thread, head and tail bands, bold pink endpapers, and a five-color cover printed on textured paper and featuring original illustrations by Ines.
Inès Marie Lætitia Églantine Isabelle de Seignard de La Fressange; born 11 August 1957), is a French supermodel, fashion designer and perfumer. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1998.
If you somehow landed on this review wondering what this little book is about and whether it's any good, I'll give it to you straight: It's about one woman's ramblings on what she thinks should make us happy and no, it really isn't that great. I mean, please -- she gives tips on how to be a good and happy stepparent, for cryin out loud. Its saving grace is that it can be read in about an hour. So, yay for getting me one step closer to my reading goal for the year!
A nice addition to a guest room: short and easily digested bits of info, lots of pictures, and an overall theme of harmony & togetherness. Just don't expect anything revelatory--it's not that kind of book.