Open Book by Jessica Simpson with Kevin Carr O’Leary

Jessica tells of growing up in 1980s Texas where she was sexually abused by the daughter of a family friend, and of unsuccessfully auditioning for the Mickey Mouse Club at age 13 with Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling before going on to sign a record deal with Columbia and marrying 98 Degrees member Nick Lachey. Along the way, she details the struggles in her life, such as the pressure to support her family as a teenager, divorcing Lachey, and enduring what she describes as an emotionally abusive relationship with… Read more.
Trigger & Content Warnings
- Sexism
- Child sexual abuse
- Emotionally abusive relationship & gaslighting
- Body dysmorphia
- Cheating mentioned
- Alcoholism
- Disordered eating & dieting
- Fertility issues
- Pregnancy, labour & childbirth
- Parent with cancer
- Death of a cousin in car accident