Some books are funny, others bring comfort, then there are some books that leave you a changed person after reading them. Find out which books gave clarity to these four groundbreaking stars
Adele – Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living
Adele made no secret about the effect that Glennon Doyle’s Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living had on her mental state.
“I am so ready for myself after reading this book! It’s as if I just flew into my body for the very first time. Whew! Anyone who has any kind of capacity to truly let go and give into yourself with any kind of desire to hold on for dear life – Do it. Read it. Live it. Practice it,” she wrote on Instagram
The “Easy on Me” gushed about the clarity the book has given her, concluding her post with “You’re an absolute don, Glennon.”
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Reese Witherspoon – The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours
The Legally Blonde actress was only 19 years old when reading Marian Wright Edelman’s The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours. In an interview on Hello Sunshine’s YouTube show Book Shook, Reese talks about the lessons she learned from the book: being of service, the impact you leave on people and what real mothering looks like.
Jennifer Garner – Crimes of the Heart
If 13 Going on 30 actress Jennifer Garner didn’t read Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart, would we even know her name today? The mother of three was studying chemistry when she read the life-changing play.
“It was the first play I read that I completely related to,” she revealed to Oprah Magazine. “I am the middle child of three sisters, I come from a Southern family and I wanted to be cast as one of the girls in this story. I changed my major to the theatre right after that.”
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Issa Rae – The Alchemist
Known for her popular HBO series Insecure, Issa Rae has held a flag high for young Black women across the world. And just when the Insecure actress needed to hear about pursuing her dreams, Issa Rae read Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist.
“I read ‘The Alchemist’ during a transitional period in my life and it just made me think differently,” she told Oprah Magazine.
