{"id":4458,"date":"2015-03-02T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2015-02-25T21:01:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T03:01:07","slug":"book-review-woman-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/2015\/03\/book-review-woman-wanted\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Woman I Wanted to Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"dvf-book by missalaneyus, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/misslaney\/16029664943\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8651\/16029664943_5b67cd5bed_z.jpg\" alt=\"dvf-book\" width=\"600\" height=\"515\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A long time ago, I watched a show highlighting Diane von Furstenburg&#8217;s life. It was captivating. In her lifetime, she has married a prince, made millions on her own, traveled the world, danced at Studio 54 and made fashion history. Since then, I&#8217;ve become a huge fan, so I was excited to read her book, <em>The Woman I Wanted to Be<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Diane is honest throughout the novel about her shortcomings, but doesn&#8217;t seem to dwell on them. Her balanced approach to celebrating successes and accepting failures is one I could learn from.<\/p>\n<p>While I thoroughly enjoyed this book, my favorite parts were somewhat unexpected. She talks about her relationship with her family and how she was raised, which was incredibly interesting. As a businesswoman, I also loved hearing her perspective on her career&#8217;s peaks and valleys.<\/p>\n<p>The title of the book is a nod to one of her common anecdotes. She writes that she didn&#8217;t know what she wanted to do, but she knew &#8220;the woman I wanted to be.&#8221; I love this idea. So often, I focus on what I&#8217;m doing and where I&#8217;m heading, which can seem uncertain at times. However, I typically have a very clear picture of the woman I want to be.<\/p>\n<p>So, I&#8217;d love to know. Have you read <em>The Woman I Wanted to Be<\/em>? If so, what did you think? Are you a DVF fan too?<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4&#038;t=Book%20Review%3A%20The%20Woman%20I%20Wanted%20to%20Be&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8651%2F16029664943_5b67cd5bed_z.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Book%20Review%3A%20The%20Woman%20I%20Wanted%20to%20Be\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4&#038;text=Missalaneyus%3A\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-pinterest nolightbox\" data-provider=\"pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8651%2F16029664943_5b67cd5bed_z.jpg&#038;description=Book%20Review%3A%20The%20Woman%20I%20Wanted%20to%20Be\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pinterest\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/pinterest.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Book%20Review%3A%20The%20Woman%20I%20Wanted%20to%20Be&#038;body=Missalaneyus%3A:%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long time ago, I watched a show highlighting Diane von Furstenburg&#8217;s life. It was captivating. In her lifetime, she has married a prince, made millions on her own, traveled the world, danced at Studio 54 and made fashion history. Since then, I&#8217;ve become a huge fan, so I was excited to read her book, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[795],"tags":[91],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Book Review: The Woman I Wanted to Be - Missalaneyus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A review of Diane von Furstenburg&#039;s book, The Woman I Wanted to Be\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/2015\/03\/book-review-woman-wanted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Book Review: The Woman I Wanted to Be - 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