Beauty & Dynamite

<p>An updated and revised edition celebrating the sixteenth anniversary of this cult classic memoir! </p><p>Once upon a time a young girl walked into a world of wonder and delight. But that's not where this story starts. </p><p><br></p><p>The young woman published a nationally recognized children's book and edited a star-filled collection of stories to benefit the tsunami relief effort. But that's not where this story ends. </p><p><br></p><p>Meet Alethea Kontis whose life is an adventure that tears through these pages like a hurricane of inspiration. Carrot-a-day cancer cures and Murphy as a guardian angel (yes that Murphy the guy with all those irritating laws) are just a part of the daily routine for the Incredible Whirlwind of Beauty and Dynamite the force of nature masquerading in human form.</p><p><br></p><p>Through essays poetry and commentary from family friends and famous authors alike a world of Blood Oaths and road trips broken hearts and mended cars comes alive with the strength of one woman's conviction that the world is there to be befriended. </p><p><br></p><p>You have now been introduced.</p><p><br></p><p>Let your adventure begin.</p>