Marked for Life

Attractive And Successful Joie Davidow Presents A Confident Face To The World. But Her Carefully Applied Makeup Conceals A Secret She Has Kept For Decades. Marked For Life Chronicles Joie'S Struggle To Overcome Feeling That She Was Grotesquely Flawed While Hiding Behind A Cosmetic Mask That Granted Her Entry Into A Profession That Puts A Premium On Appearance Culminating In The Life-Changing Realization That In Deceiving Others She Was Also Betraying Herself. Written With Humor And Refreshingly Devoid Of Self-Pity It Will Touch Anyone Who Has Ever Felt Different From The Rest Of The World. Has Ever Felt Different From The Rest Of The World.. Like An Odalisque Shedding Her Veils Joie'S Writing Dances In This Memoir To Reveal The Carefully Kept Secret Of Her Birthmark. This Is An Inspiring Story And A Vivid Reminder That There Is More To Beauty Than A Flawless Face. Giocanda Belli Author Of The Country Under My Skin And The Inhabited Woman . About The Authorjoie Davidow Co-Founded L.A. Weekly And Founded L.A. Style Magazine. She Edited The Anthologies Las Mamis And Las Christmas With Esmeralda Santiago And Is The Author Of Infusions Of Healing And I Wouldn'T Leave Rome To Go To Heaven. She Lives In Rome Italy Where She Edits An Online Magazine Www.Inromenow.Com.