In this memoir from plus-size model Mia Tyler, she recounts what it was like to grow up the daughter of Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler. The book describes Mia?s difficult childhood in small-town New Hampshire, and her stints in some of Manhattan?s finest prep schools, where she developed an addiction to hardcore drugs. She also discusses how her work as a model helped her to pull her life back together. Tyler is open and honest about her prove inspirational to anyone struggling with similar issues.

On the surface, Mia Tyler led a seemingly perfect life. She was a world-renowned plus-size model and the daughter of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and seventies It girl Cyrinda Foxe. But growing up under the shadow of celebrity wasn't as glamorous as it's cracked up to be. From a poverty-stricken childhood in New Hampshire to running with troubled rich kids on Manhattan's Upper East Side, she has an incredible story to tell. Yet this memoir is ultimately a tale of redemption. Mia learns that in order to truly grow up, she must forgive both herself and those who hurt her, give up the quest for perfection, and acknowledge that she is still a work in progress.--From publisher description.

A renowned plus-size model describes her struggles with body image issues, drug addiction, and self-mutilation; her challenges with being an impoverished rock-and-roll celebrity's daughter in childhood; and the lessons she learned about self-acceptance and forgiveness.

A renowned plus-size model describes her struggles with body image issues, drug addiction, and self-mutilation; her challenges with being an impoverished rock-and-roll celebrity's daughter in childhood; and the lessons she learned about self-acceptance and forgiveness.

A renowned plus-size model describes her struggles with body image issues, drug addiction, and self-mutilation; her challenges with being an impoverished rock-and-roll celebrity's daughter in childhood; and the lessons she learned about self-acceptance and forgiveness.

A renowned plus-size model describes her struggles with body image issues, drug addiction, and self-mutilation; her challenges with being an impoverished rock-and-roll celebrity's daughter in childhood; and the lessons she learned about self-acceptance and forgiveness.