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"An unusually fresh and engrossing memoir of both Hollywood and modern womanhood." — Los Angeles Times In this searing, unflinchingly honest memoir, actress Portia de Rossi shares the truth of her long battle to overcome anorexia and bulimia while living in the public eye, and details the new happiness and health she has found in recent years—including her coming out and her marriage to Ellen DeGeneres. In this groundbreaking memoir, Portia de Rossi reveals the pain and illness that haunted her for decades, from the time she was a twelve-year-old girl working as a model in Australia, through her early rise to fame as a cast member of the hit television show Ally McBeal . All the while terrified that the truth of her sexuality would be exposed in the tabloids, Portia alternately starved herself and binged, putting her life in danger and concealing from herself and everyone around her the seriousness of her illness. She describes the elaborate rituals around food that came to dominate hours of every day and explores the pivotal moments of her childhood that set her on the road to illness. She reveals the heartache and fear that accompany a life lived in the closet, a sense of is

Who reads Unbearable Lightness : A Story of Loss and Gain?

Author

Portia de Rossi

Publisher

Atria Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781439177808

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Psychology, Medical

Rating

3.83 / 5 (30,981 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14