This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work. This author is willing to donate free copies of their book in exchange for reviews (if circumstances allow) and the knowledge that their book is being read and enjoyed. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. Be sure to tell the author who you are, what organization you are with, how many books you need, how they will be used, and the number of reviews, if any, you would be able to provide.
Leaving her native France where she grew up to discover America in 1985, Yvonne came home three years later but moved to the UK for work and has lived there ever since. Having to cope with her failing health has given the author a unique chance to satisfy her longing to write but also, using her own path, help others achieve fulfilment and a joy for life, no matter what. Writing under the pen name of Yvonne F Keziah, My Brain Is Wearing Pink Shoes is the author’s first book.
Reviewed by Tammy Ruggles for Readers' Favorite
My Brain Is Wearing Pink Shoes: A Memoir of Self-Discovery and Healing, by Yvonne F. Keziah, is an inspiring and powerful account of one woman's journey to mastering illness via the mind-body connection. A 2005 diagnosis involving a neurological disorder that is rare and incurable would send most people into a tailspin of fear, depression, or anxiety. At 42, a person has decades ahead of them to live with these sufferances. But there might be a silver lining in Yvonne's medical condition. She did what most people would do: turn to traditional medicine for answers. When that didn't work, she thought the answer might lie somewhere else: in rogue genes. Disheartened, she turned to other forms of healing, like meditation and self-improvement techniques, which helped her become enlightened and insightful. In time, her life was profoundly changed for the better. It took years, but her journey was worth it because now the author could share her story and enlighten others.
I love success stories, comeback stories, and stories about underdogs winning in the end. This memoir is along those lines, and Keziah does a comprehensive job of getting her story out, but goes beyond just a life story and includes additional information, a glossary, and resources to help others. We often learn much from the life experiences of others, and this is one of those books. Though you may not agree with all of the concepts, you will learn how the author dealt with and conquered adversity, and learned to let go. We all have a challenge of some sort, and this is the perfect book to let everyone know that you can handle it. I like how Keziah boils it down to a choice you can make: to either give up or fight back. I also like the approach that her book is a personal journey and not just a recounting of her medical issues or a how-I-was-healed narrative. But the medical side of the story is intriguing in itself, and I love her investigative, wide-open attitude early in her diagnosis to figure out what was going on. If you like insightful, intelligent memoirs with a mind and body theme, you will love My Brain Is Wearing Pink Shoes by Yvonne F. Keziah.
