{"product_id":"you-must-have-been-so-beautiful-a-memoir-paperback","title":"You Must Have Been So Beautiful: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLiz Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt nineteen, Liz Bell left Johannesburg with a suitcase, a marriage proposal she hadn't thought through, and an appetite for adventure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat followed took her from apartheid-era South Africa to Canada, and eventually onto the runways of Paris, Milan and New York. She walked for Dior and Valentino, lived through the beautiful and often brutal fashion world of the 1980s, nearly died in Paris, became a mother, and ultimately built a house in British Columbia with her own hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, a battered shoebox of letters brought that young woman back to life. Written from hotel rooms, borrowed apartments and whatever scraps of paper were at hand, the letters became the thread through a memoir about ambition, marriage, motherhood, reinvention and the extraordinary places a willingness to leap before looking can take you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou Must Have Been So Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e is not a conventional model memoir. Bell writes candidly about the glamour and absurdity of fashion, but also about homesickness, hunger, uncertainty, love and the determination required to make a life on her own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVivid, funny and unsentimental, it is the story of a woman who kept moving - from Johannesburg to Vancouver, Paris, Milan and New York - and, most of the time, landed on her feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67840817791128,"sku":"9781067759124","price":30.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/kOWZoV4cal9781067759124.webp?v=1793317845","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/you-must-have-been-so-beautiful-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}