Just as she didn’t know how many women envied the very appearance that she hated, she will probably never know how many people her book will help. I am relieved that her story did not end in tragedy and she was strong enough to share her painful secret. She had a lot to overcome if she was going to get well. If this is your first book, get it for free. Unbearable Lightness, the autobiography of Australian actor Portia de Rossi. Get Unbearable Lightness audiobook by Portia de Rossi on Speechify and enjoy the best listening experience. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, a 1988 film based on the Kundera novel. She was compulsive and controlled by an inner voice that never allowed her to stop thinking about calories or obsessing about the size of clothing that she worn. Unbearable Lightness may refer to: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, a 1984 novel written by Czech author Milan Kundera. If she didn’t, she would die.īut for de Rossi, it wasn’t just deciding to start eating again. It wasn’t until she passed out on a set and was given a report of the damage that she was doing to her body, that she realized that she had a problem and had to make a change. But even the concern of others couldn’t change her behavior.

She had to protect her shameful secret from her friends and family that were worried about her. As her weight dropped to a dangerous 82 pounds, she only felt the pride of her willpower even as her body starting shutting down. Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain Hardcover Bargain Price, Novemby Portia de Rossi (Author) 2,041 ratings Goodreads Choice Award winner See all formats and editions Kindle 5.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Her unbelievable habits included extreme exercise, starving herself, overeating and then purging to undo the overeating. It seemed almost inconceivable to me that a person could survive on eating only 300 calories a day-her normal routine whenever a photo shoot, clothes fitting or other important event would occur.

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