Be Yourself: Everyone Else Is Already Taken

Aug 2011 · Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

About this ebook

'Be yourself-everyone else is already taken.'' Oscar Wilde got it right when he penned this droll advice about being yourself. True to his sentiment, this little handbook of audacious living offers insight and inspiration for being true to your wonderful self. There may be bumps in the road on life's wild ride, but we can use the words of those who've been there as traffic signs. As Anne Lamott writes, ''We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be.''

Ratings and reviews

Nice inspiring little book

About the author

Evelyn Loeb Beilenson was born in Paris in 1938. Her family emigrated to New York City in 1941. She grew up on the Upper West Side. She graduated from Oberlin College with a BA in Early Education. She co-founded a successful interior design company in the 1970s. In 1983, she left it to help her husband revive his family's publishing company, Peter Pauper Press. She wrote or compiled more than 60 books. Her books include Angels are Forever, Simple American Cooking, Wit and Wisdom of Famous American Women, and the children's book, The Zook is Closed Today and many others. She was a publisher for almost 30 years. Evelyn Beilenson died at home in her sleep on October 4, 2021. She was 83.