Stand All The Way Up by Sophie Hudson

The full title of this book is, Stand All The Way Up, Stories of Staying In It When You Want To Burn It All Down.  I am here for this title, y'all.  Sophie Hudson and I have never met, but I feel as if we should.  We would have one entertaining visit over coffee.  Ten things you need to know:

• Target audience: Women who have lived enough life to know the savor of simple things is a luxury, time is too short for non-essential shenanigans, and investing in your people will always yield the best returns.
• More-than-I-can-count Laugh Out Loud Moments!  Best medicine ever, y'all!
• Musical references that will make any child of the 80's/90's proud.
• The roller coaster that is teenage parenting
• Brilliant use of fonts to get a point across!  (All caps are for a reason;)
• The Bullet Point Lists (Everybody Relax! 13 Essential Clothing Items for Middle Age, Button Pushers)
• Biblical truths weaved in to real-life stories doused in transparency and humility
• The COVER
• Aging/Body Image wisdom
• Favorite Quote: "And for bettter or worse, in some ways that emabarrass me and some ways that make me proud, my forties and I have confronted all those things standing eyeball-to-eyeball.  We've tried our best to work it out.  We've worked it on out despite broken bones and hormone surges and a bladder that can no longer be trusted.  We've settled down and settled in and committed to real-live life in ways I couldn't have fathomed ten years ago.  We've (mostly) said good-bye to the angst-y comparison of my thirties and the approval of my twenties.  My forties have centered on asking some big questions and figuring out how to make my peace with the answers." pg. 17

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