Pretty Powerful
Book
Review by Kam Williams
Pretty
Powerful
Appearance,
Substance and Success
by
Eboni K. Williams
Viva
Editions
Hardcover,
$21.99
224
pages
ISBN:
978-1-63596-662-6
“Pretty powerful is the
understanding that, as women, we have the duality of both 'pretty'
and 'substance' that can (and should) be maximized to achieve any
success we set our minds to... While there are significant challenges
along the way... we have incredible choice around how we utilize our
appearance, coupled with our substance...
This book... is for women
who know they are exceptional, who desire to be successful, and who
strive toward greatness in all the opportunities life presents to
them. This book is for those who understand that womanhood is a
strength that, when fully embraced, is unstoppable.
This book is for and
about the Pretty Powerful.”
-- Excerpted from the
Preface (pages xv-xvii)
Remember
you heard it here first: Eboni K. Williams is well on her way to
becoming the next Oprah Winfrey. So, appreciate her now and avoid the
rush! Like
her role model, who represented the State of Tennessee in the Miss
Black America contest, Eboni got her start in pageants, from vying
for the coveted Miss Cinderella crown as a child to finishing as the
first runner-up in the Miss North Carolina competition as an adult.
As
brainy as she is beautiful, the attorney-turned-talk show host has
admittedly leveraged both her intellect and looks into a promising
career on WABC radio and Fox News TV. You can now add "author"
to this rising star's impressive resume, as she has just released her
first book: Pretty Powerful
The
groundbreaking how-to tome puts forth the proposition that it's
perfectly respectable for females to be as sexy as they are cerebral
in pursuit of professional success. That unorthodox advice flies in
the face of the conventional thinking which would have women downplay
their pulchritude while climbing the corporate ladder in order to
avoid being dismissed as bimbos.
Here,
however, Eboni reflects upon her own experiences walking back and
forth across the line between fierce and flirtatious personas. She's
assisted in making her case by anecdotal evidence furnished by a
number of accomplished colleagues who share her daring approach:
Johnson Publishing CEO Desirée
Rogers,
OJ prosecutor Marcia Clark, and conservative political pundit Monica,
to name a few.
Don't
hesitate to purchase this practical primer so full of priceless
pearls of wisdom it amounts to the
literary equivalent of buying in bulk!
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