A New York Times bestseller. My life was a complete mess and God bless all of it. Because it's
in the messes where we learn the most-as long as we slow down enough to realize what God is
trying to show us. Suddenly in the spotlight twenty-four-year-old Hannah Brown realized that
she wasn't sure what she wanted. After years of competing in beauty pageants and then starring
on The Bachelorette and Dancing with the Stars she had become incredibly visible. There she
was in her early twenties with millions around the world examining and weighing in on her
every decision. She found herself wondering what it would mean to live on her terms. What it
would mean to stop seeking approval from others and decide-for the first time-what it was she
wanted from her own life. An honest and earnest examination of her own mid-twenties God Bless
This Mess is a memoir that doesn't claim to have all the answers. Hannah knows she doesn't have
all the answers. What she does have is the insight of someone who has spent critical years of
her youth under public scrutiny. Thus what emerges is a quarter-life memoir that speaks to the
set of difficulties young women face and how to move through them with grace. By pushing
against her engrained need to seek approval and learning how to think critically about her own
goals and desires Hannah inspires others to do the same-and to embrace the messiness that
comes hand-in-hand with self-discovery (even if that sometimes means falling flat on your
face). Using her time on The Bachelorette as a launching pad Hannah doesn't shy away from the
most painful experiences of her life: moments when her faith was tested when she feared it was
lost and the moments when she reclaimed it on national television. And Jesus still loves me.
Fans will be inspired by the never-before-told stories: the ones about facing depression and
anxiety during her pageant years the ways in which therapy and journaling have proven to be a
saving grace and the previously private moments-both at home and on television-that have
shaped the star's outlook. Honest and emotionally urgent God Bless This Mess is a reminder
that true growth doesn't come without strife-and it's through those dark messy moments that
self-acceptance and love can bloom.
