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    My Year with Eleanor: A Memoir
    My Year with Eleanor: A Memoir
    My Year with Eleanor: A Memoir
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    My Year with Eleanor: A Memoir

    Written by Noelle Hancock

    Narrated by Emily Beresford

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    After losing her high-octane job as an entertainment blogger, Noelle Hancock was lost. About to turn twenty-nine, she'd spent her career writing about celebrities' lives and had forgotten how to live her own. Unemployed and full of self-doubt, she had no idea what she wanted out of life. She feared change-in fact, she feared almost everything. Once confident and ambitious, she had become crippled by anxiety, lacking the courage required even to attend a dinner party-until inspiration struck one day in the form of a quote on a chalkboard in a coffee shop:

    "Do one thing every day that scares you." -Eleanor Roosevelt

    Painfully timid as a child, Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated herself to facing her fears, a commitment that shaped the rest of her life. With Eleanor as her guide, Noelle spends the months leading up to her thirtieth birthday pursuing a "Year of Fear." From shark diving to fighter pilot lessons, from tap dancing and stand-up comedy to confronting old boyfriends, her hilarious and harrowing adventures teach her about who she is and what she can become-lessons she makes vital for all of us.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 22, 2017
    ISBN9781977371393
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    Noelle Hancock

    NOELLE HANCOCK is a former staff writer for the New York Observer. Her work has appeared in GQ, Gawker, Us Weekly, and elsewhere. She was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and graduated from Yale University. She lives in Manhattan with her parakeets, Jesus and Stuart. Her parents are still holding out for law school.

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    • 2/5
      This book is a memoir of the author's experience around fear and courage - I liked the idea, but I think I have read a few too many "year-long" project books, so I am shelving this a little more than mid-way through. I just couldn't relate. However, if you like this genre, you will be sure to enjoy this book.
    • 5/5
      Loved this book. Well-written, funny, charming, forthcoming and a lot of it resonated with me.
    • 4/5
      Noelle Hancock loses her job as a blogger for a website for one of the current celebrity magazines. With no job in sight and having read a few books about Eleanor Roosevelt, she decides to spend the year dealing with her fears. They included skydiving, swimming with sharks as a few of the major fears. She tried to put herself out there in her fear every day in some manner.It was an interesting book because it made me want to know more about Eleanor Roosevelt! I sometimes had trouble reading about someone who although she probably could have gotten a new job quickly - didn't. She spent the year spending money on adventures to conquer her fears - and write this book, so I guess there was an end to the means!Enjoyable, quick read and I enjoyed the Eleanor insight.
    • 2/5
      This book is a memoir of the author's experience around fear and courage - I liked the idea, but I think I have read a few too many "year-long" project books, so I am shelving this a little more than mid-way through. I just couldn't relate. However, if you like this genre, you will be sure to enjoy this book.
    • 4/5
      Noelle Hancock loses her job as a blogger for a website for one of the current celebrity magazines. With no job in sight and having read a few books about Eleanor Roosevelt, she decides to spend the year dealing with her fears. They included skydiving, swimming with sharks as a few of the major fears. She tried to put herself out there in her fear every day in some manner.It was an interesting book because it made me want to know more about Eleanor Roosevelt! I sometimes had trouble reading about someone who although she probably could have gotten a new job quickly - didn't. She spent the year spending money on adventures to conquer her fears - and write this book, so I guess there was an end to the means!Enjoyable, quick read and I enjoyed the Eleanor insight.
    • 5/5
      Noelle Hancock provides us her experience of a year of facing her fears head on. I found her very easy to read, funny and insightful. Often I found myself unexpectedly pausing to reliving my own experiences and whether I handled them as best I could or did I take the easy way out and why did I. I also found the book as a good introduction for me to Eleanor Roosevelt. I knew very little about Eleanor but am thoroughly intrigued now to read more about her as she seems to be a fascinating person who accomplished amazing things and apparently put her mark on this country.
    • 4/5
      It is impossible not to like Noelle Hancock in her year long journey of self-discovery. Yes, she is lucky to be able to take a year away from paid employment to devote herself to nothing but facing her fears but she does not allow herself to paint an overwhelmingly flattering picture of herself.
      Eleanor Roosevelt is a supporting character in the book and receives the same honest assessment that Hancock gives herself.

      This book would be recommended for fans of books like Julie and Julia and similar memoirs as well as
      self help fans looking for something along the lines of Augusten Burrough's recent book, This is How.
    • 4/5
      Noelle is full of fears. She is afraid of all the usual things, like heights and public speaking. And she has many, many other fears, big and small.But she copes with these. Until one day she doesn’t. She loses her job and all her fears come flooding her brain. Paralyzed.Then she runs across a quote of Eleanor Roosevelt: “Do one thing every day that scares you.”So she does. She choose one thing every day that frightens her and she does it. She gets better and stronger every day. Note: She is guided by a wise and caring therapist. Some of my favorite parts of her year long challenge were her meetings with her therapist, and the gently clever ideas he shared with her.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book! Noelle is smart and funny and just like the rest of us she struggles with being afraid. After being fired from a celebrity blogging job she is at loose ends, until she sees a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt that changes her world - at least for a year. "Do one thing every day that scares you." is taken to heart as Noelle begins her year of fear. Karaoke, skydiving, small airplanes, past boyfriends are a few of the fears she faces. I didn't want her year to end and look forward to reading more by this author.
    • 5/5
      I'm not a big memoir reader, but, every once in a great while, I come to one that absolutely calls to me before I ever open the book. Noelle Hancock's is one. When I read the description of the book, I just knew that I had to read it. I knew it would be funny, yet deeply enlightening book about facing your fears. I've had a few fears that I wish I could have taken on the way Noelle did, that's for sure. I mean, I'm sure everyone's got some fear of something. Noelle's book of how she tackled them will help you get through them! I loved the writing style the Noelle used. It read so fast and easy like a fiction novel. It was entertaining in the way that she created her life story,after being laid off , and how Eleanor Roosevelt inspired her. She really pulled me into the heart of her work, and took me for a ride beside her! And, oh what a ride it was! One quote was all it took to turn Noelle's life into a whirl wind of challenge. Seeing the way it changed Noelle after her fear facing year, really made me think about my fears and whether or not I have TRULY faced any of them. And, the answer is no. I haven't completely faced them at all. But, after this, I will definitely be making a list of my fears and working hard to face them all! If you are a memoir lover, or someone looking for an inspiring and laugh out loud, un-put-downable book, then I HIGHLY recommend this fantastic 5 star book by Noelle! You'll certainly be thinking about that one year challenge long after you've shut the book! Great job, Noelle!