Love, Unpacked: Dump out your bag and step into the love you've been searching for

by Andi Franklin

Overview

How many times have you returned from a life-changing trip only to leave novelty keychains and unsent postcards in your suitcase until the next adventure?

Suddenly your carry-on is so full that you’ve got to use your expansion zipper to cram an extra seventeen pairs of underwear for your 3-day cruise. In the same way that we let souvenirs from our last trip take up valuable space in our bag, we rehash our past and let it keep us from our most basic human need—to give love and be loved.

Join Andi as she bravely faces her past and warmly invites us to step out of our narratives and into our most authentic selves.

Love, Unpacked is a raw, inspirational memoir of one woman's journey through loss, pain, and the struggle for self-acceptance. With unflinching honesty, wry humor, and a sprinkle of swear words, Andi Franklin unpacks her stories, confronts her past, and finds her way to unconditional love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781734612004
Publisher:	Andrea Franklin
Publication date:	04/09/2020
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

Andi Franklin helps women reevaluate their experiences to find love, confidence, and joy within themselves. She is a mother, wife, and psych major who readily admits that she's always learning more about unpacking her shit. Andi lives in a fixer-upper Spanish farmhouse in Southern California with her husband, two kids, and giant fur babies that shed way too much where she carves out time to write cozied up on the couch with a fresh cup of coffee.

Table of Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 The Challenge: Airlines Charge Extra For Baggage This Heavy

CHAPTER 2 Abandonment: Polly Pocket Never Had to Deal With This Shit

CHAPTER 3 Shame: Next Stop, Masturbation Station

CHAPTER 4 Trauma: The Boy With The Crooked Smile

CHAPTER 5 Control: So Maybe You’re Not a Craigslist Killer After All?

CHAPTER 6 Rejection: A Girlfriend’s Guide To Never Being Too Much

CHAPTER 7 Betrayal: In The Arms of The Virgins

CHAPTER 8 Comparison: Stepping Out of The Shadow

CHAPTER 9 Body-Image: The Pizza Pantry Puzzle

CHAPTER 10 Intimacy: Chateau De Franklin

CHAPTER 11 Grief: Down One Wolf

CHAPTER 12 Anger: The Bull and The Lioness

CHAPTER 13 Grudges: Don’t Cut Your Own Bangs

CHAPTER 14 Self-worth: A One Way Ticket To Pleasure Island

Editorial Reviews

• "Clear your weekend schedule because once you start this book, you won't be able to put it down!"

• "Each chapter was a much-needed introspective gut punch. This should be required reading for all women."

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