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Creating Myself: How I Learned That Beauty Comes in All Shapes, Sizes, and Packages, Including Me [Hardcover]

Mia Tyler
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)


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Book Description

August 26, 2008

Now in paperback, the deeply personal and inspirational memoir from one of America’s most successful plus-sized models, and daughter of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, on her journey to recovery and self-acceptance.

On the surface, Mia Tyler led a seemingly perfect life. She was a world-renowned plus-sized model and the daughter of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and seventies It girl Cyrinda Foxe. But growing up under the shadow of celebrity wasn’t as glamorous as it’s cracked up to be.

In Creating Myself, Mia shares scintillating details about her rock-and-roll family, as well as battling her own personal demons: dumping her mother’s cocaine vial down the toilet at just eight years old, running around backstage at her father’s concerts (including the one where she first met her sister, Liv), and attempting to distract herself from her pain through drug addiction and self-mutilation. Yet this memoir is ultimately a tale of redemption. Mia learns that in order to truly grow up, she must forgive both herself and those who hurt her, give up the quest for perfection, and acknowledge that she is still a work in progress.

Featured in People magazine and many television shows, including Entertainment Tonight, Mia Tyler’s Creating Myself is raw and inspirational, the tale of a hell-and-back journey from the depths of depression and addiction to triumphant self-discovery.

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From Publishers Weekly

Tyler, daughter of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and sister to actress Liv, feels she's had a difficult life. Growing up, she disliked her mother and longed for more time with her famous father. After her parents split up, she and her mother lived in New Hampshire before moving to Manhattan, where Tyler was enrolled in several fine schools—only she spent her time hanging out with her buddies getting high on pot, acid, cocaine, Ecstasy, etc. Her father intervened after she suffered a massive overdose: it paid to have a rock star for a dad, she says. Once on her feet again, Tyler was kept therapeutically busy with a lucrative offer from Lane Bryant to model clothing for plus-size teens. Months later she came to visit her mother and found her slimmer and in love. They bonded—but then her mother was diagnosed with a brain tumor that proved fatal. Tyler, constantly falling in and out of love, finally realized that the point wasn't to find herself, but to create herself, a questionable insight. Not only that, she comes across as spoiled and shallow. (Sept.)
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From School Library Journal

This is a paean to self-acceptance and self-esteem. Initially, though, first-time author Tyler—famous as a reality-TV star, a plus-size model, and a daughter of Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler—sketches a life fraught with addictions to drugs, cutting, and eating disorders. Fortunately, she gains valuable insight into her destructive patterns to re-create herself as a healthy, loving adult. For teens and twenty-somethings who can identify with Tyler's struggle.—Lynne Maxwell
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Atria Books; First Edition edition (August 26, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1416558608
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416558606
  • Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #567,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Customer Reviews

A good follow read after reading her father's book. Landis Lady  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
Very well written. Marie Jones  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful book! Bravo Mia!! August 25, 2008
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I finished this book in one day. Impossible to put down. I received it in the mail, opened the box and that was it- I read the whole darn thing.

It is so well written and it was great to finally hear the truth through a child's eyes. Her truth. Her experiences.

I've heard the story about her sister Liv in both Bebe Buell's bio "Rebel Heart" (which I LOVE) and Aerosmith's "Walk This Way". I've heard all the rumors and it is lovely to put the puzzle pieces together. What a story.

I was left sobbing my eyes out in the parts about her mother Cyrinda Foxe dying of cancer. Her perspective was honest and moving.

This is such a good read. You put it down feeling good. Feeling good about yourself and others.
Not to mention the great inside stories about some rock icons.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book! May 7, 2011
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Wonderfully writen! Almost rivals her father, Steven Tyler's debute memoir. It was THAT highly readable book that led me to THIS Gem! A "MUST READ!"
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I love the honesty! July 10, 2009
Format:Paperback
I have mixed feelings about this book. I think it's a great read. It's very intersting and captivating while offering a very candid look at Mia's life. I definitely think it has the potential to positively influence readers in how they live their lives. The mixture of feelings is basically referring to the fact that Mia is brutally honest. While I appreciated her tell most (not all) tale others, as noted by these reviews do not. I think she is incredibly brave to write this book. I also think it's impossible for any reader to say that she complains too much about her mother when they clearly were not around to witness what I would describe as a trainwreck of a parent. Therefore, I would say my review of the book is that it is compelling and honest and I love it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars I love Mia Tyler as a model but...
She lacks something as an author. The book was more about her messed up childhood and marriage/substance abuse as an adult than about accepting herself as a bigger/curvier girl. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Kelly McGowan
4.0 out of 5 stars Was better condition than I thought it was going to be!!!
Ordered and got my order earlier than expected - needed for my wifes collection of books and just as expected !!! Great condition - better than I thought it was going to be
Published 3 months ago by Ray
5.0 out of 5 stars Creating Myself
Mia Tyler put so much heart into the writing of her own life-story, as tough as her young life was. She had obstacles to overcome and she eventually did just that.
Published 3 months ago by Janice Sietsema
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
I was in the middle of reading Steven Tyler's book when it mentioned Mia's book. I immediately put down that book and purchased this one! Candid story and very relatable!
Published 3 months ago by trhighmaint
4.0 out of 5 stars Honest Book
Enjoyed the frankness of this book. Mia was honest about her life not glamorizing it. I understand why people are able to share their own fears and struggles with her.
Published 4 months ago by michele butler
3.0 out of 5 stars Mia Needed a Dad
Steven Tyler is pathetic. And I am/was a fan.

He lets his very young daughter run free backstage at his concerts - enough said. Read more
Published 4 months ago by evo
5.0 out of 5 stars Creating Myself
What an unusual childhood. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Very interesting
As well as sad, thought provoking and triumphs. Easy reading for a lazy evening. Read more
Published 4 months ago by M.Rush
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Very well written. I've read several bio's on her Dad and just recently her Mom Cyrinda...really interesting to hear her side of the story from the eye of a child living in an... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Marie Jones
3.0 out of 5 stars A good read
When you think of children of rockstars you think spoiled and lucky. Mia Tyler shows you another reality. She had some advantages, but struggled in many ways.
Published 7 months ago by Penny
5.0 out of 5 stars mia tyler..creating myself
Excellent read...hard to image that someone so wealthy could leave his baby in little financial provisioning because of his ex and his opinion of her. Wow.
Published 8 months ago by suella
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