Lessons

<b>The instant <i>New York Times</i> bestseller&#160;<br><br>Supermodel and philanthropist Gisele B&#252;ndchen shares personal stories insights and photos to explore lessons that have helped shape her life.<br><br></b>Gisele B&#252;ndchen's journey began in southern Brazil growing up with five sisters playing volleyball and rescuing the dogs and cats around her hometown.&#160; In fact she wanted to become either a professional volley player or a veterinarian. But at the age of 14 fate suddenly intervened in in the form of a modeling scout who spotted her in S&#227;o Paulo. Four years later Gisele's appearance in Alexander McQueen's memorably rain-soaked London runway show in the spring 1998 launched her spectacular career as a fashion model and put an end to the heroin chic era of fashion. Since then Gisele has appeared in almost 400 ad campaigns and on over 1200 magazine covers.&#160; She has walked in more than 470 fashion shows for the most influential brands in the world. Gisele has become an icon leaving a lasting mark on the fashion industry.<br><br>But until now few people have gotten to know the real Gisele a woman whose private life stands in dramatic contrast to her public image. In <i>Lessons</i> she reveals for the first time who she really is and what she's learned over the past 37 years to help her live a meaningful life--a journey that takes readers from a childhood spent barefoot in small-town Brazil to an internationally successful career motherhood and marriage to quarterback Tom Brady.<br><br>A work of great openness and vulnerability <i>Lessons</i> reveals the inner life of a very public woman.