“Book Descriptions: Once upon a time, Melissa Radke believed a teacher who told her she would never amount to anything; a guy in high school who stood her up at the Senior Prom and made her feel unworthy of love; and a friend who said she was fat and an embarrassment. Then one day Melissa looked at herself in the mirror, told herself to stop listening to people's destructive words, and instead walk into a room like there's a party being thrown in her honor.
Now, in her first book, Melissa takes us on a life journey that should have killed her but made her funnier, told with her own special Southern blend of humor, faith, and candor. Sprinkled with attitude she got from her mom and street smarts she learned from Seinfeld, Melissa explores tough issues of empowerment and self-worth, along with the trials of parenting, marriage, aging, and cheerleader tryouts.
Melissa promises that if we all erase who we were and fight for who we want to become, she will do a cartwheel. And then she'll write her second book from a hospital bed. ” DRIVE