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All That Is Bitter and Sweet: A Memoir

Ashley Judd

Hardcover | Pages: 432 pages

Rating: 3.59 | 4195 Users | 506 Reviews

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ISBN:	034552361X (ISBN13: 9780345523617)
Edition Language:	English

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Ashley Judd is an award-winning film and stage actor known for her roles in both box-office hits and art-house gems, and the daughter and sister of country-music royalty. In 2002, drawing on a deep well of empathy, she found her true calling: as a humanitarian and advocate for those suffering in neglected parts of the world. Asked why she was opting out of a successful career, walking away while she was one of the highest-paid women in Hollywood, Ashley herself could not provide an answer. She simply knew that after her first trip to the notorious brothels, slums, and hospices of southeast Asia, her own life depended on advocating on behalf of the vulnerable. Promising each new sister, “I will never forget you,” Ashley began writing extraordinary diaries—on which this memoir is based—expanding her capacity to relate to, and to share with a global audience, stories of survival and resilience. Along the way, Ashley realized that the coping strategies she had developed to deal with her own emotional pain, stemming from childhood abandonment, were no longer working. Seeking in-patient treatment in 2006 for the grief that had nearly killed her, Ashley found not only her own recovery and an enriched faith but an expanded kit of spiritual tools that energized and advanced her feminist social justice work. Now, in this deeply moving and unforgettable memoir, Ashley Judd describes her odyssey, as a left-behind lost child attains international prominence as a fiercely dedicated advocate. Her story ranges from anger to forgiveness, isolation to interdependence, depression to activism. In telling it, she resoundingly answers the ineffable question about the relationship between healing oneself and service to others.

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Title	:	All That Is Bitter and Sweet: A Memoir
Author	:	Ashley Judd
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 432 pages
Published	:	April 5th 2011 by Ballantine Books (first published January 1st 2011)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography

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Ugh. I went into this liking Ashley Judd a lot - I came out much less enthused. At one point in her book, Judd tells Bobby Shriver that her vocation is to make her life an act of worship - I'm sorry to say that she has succeeded in worshiping herself. I have never read a biography that was more full of self-love than this one. She is the supreme example of a person who pursues a life of "doing good" in order to be thought a saint.Walk away very fast.

This book is not a page turner. It is at points very hard to read because of the sheer hopelessness Ashley encounters in her work with those struggling in third-world countries. Her book opened my eyes to the many, many women who are forced into prostitution and sex slavery. However, I would highly recommend reading it because after processing what I read I realized there is hope and Ashley is just one of the very curageous and brave people who are doing the work to make change. Also, if you

Oh my god what a piece of work! The book itself. And Ashley Judd. Oh my God. I went into this with very little interest in the Judds, country music, celebrities and I thought this might be a little bit different of a story. And oh my God for the heavy heavy heavy reading into the depths of depression and depravity and white trash syndrome of the southern United States, I really wish I had not put any of this into my brain.Like other readers, I came out of it a little bit less enthused about

Ashley Judd is not only an award-winning actress, she is an advocate for human rights and an ambassador for Population Services International (PSI). In her memoir, Judd details her involvement with PSI, traveling to Asia and Africa touring the brothels and slums while teaching the residents how to protect themselves against AIDS / HIV. Many women she encountered were trafficked into sex slavery or simply had no other choice to make money. While embarking on this humanitarian cause, Judd wrestles

Powerful memoir about a woman walking a wounded healer path. It shows the intersection of recovering from private trauma and addressing international human rights abuses, in this case sexual trafficking, slavery, and health issues.The way Ms. Judd connects her own depression and wounds to those of the women and children she aims to help has an equalizing effect. She doesn't try to equate her life of great privilege with their lives of huge deprivation and abuse, but she steps out of the role of

One of the worst books I have ever read. The whole book was Ashley talking about how terrible her life was and how fantastic she is. There is an entire page of things that are great about her....including, she smells like lilacs. Don't waste your time.