Former bachelorette and winner of DWTS, Hannah Brown has released her memoir – God Bless This Mess, available everywhere in hardback now and on audiobook. Pick up a copy of the book here.
“My life was a complete mess, and God bless all of it. Because it’s in the messes where we learn the most-as long as we slow down enough to realize what God is trying to show us.”
Hannah Brown was twenty four years old when she starred first on The Bachelor before becoming The Bachelorette, going on to win Dancing with the Stars. Seemly overnight, she had become an internationally known name, with over 2 million Instagram followers following her every move. Underneath the dimpled smile though, Brown hid the complicated undergoing of her mind beneath the surface, grappling with her new fame, her relationships, her broken heart and her faith. In God Bless This Mess, Brown undergoes a journey of self-discovery re-examining her relationships and her own inner turmoil in those moments – from her broken engagement to Jed Wyatt, to her initial heartbreak with her long-time boyfriend and first love Brady to the constantly examined relationship with Tyler Cameron.
God Bless This Mess is a refreshingly honest and earnest examination of the jarring discrepancy between social media and real life. Brown shares her own journey of self-discovery and her relationship with faith, not as a guidebook but as a way to look critically at the need for approval and a reminder to think critically about goals and desires and to embrace the messiness of life.
Of course, the book is full of juicy snippets from her time on the popular reality TV show, including her last text from Tyler Cameron, how she really felt about Colton Underwood and how she arrived at the decision to give Jed Wyatt her final rose. God Bless This Mess is no literary masterpiece but it is a refreshingly honest memoir that will be an important read for those suckered in by the gloss of social media and a point of inspiration for those undergoing their own struggles with depression and anxiety. More than anything, the memoir shows Brown to be an immensely likeable and humble examiner of her own life. It’s a positive and hopeful reminder that the dark and messy moments of life are just that – moments.
