God Bless This Mess

Learning to Live and Love Through Life's Best (and Worst) Moments

By: Hannah Brown

Narrated by: Hannah Brown

Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

A New York Times Best Seller

“My life was a complete mess, and God bless all of it. Because it’s in the messes where we learn the most - as long as we slow down enough to realize what God is trying to show us.”

Suddenly in the spotlight, 24-year-old Hannah Brown realized that she wasn’t sure what she wanted. After years of competing in beauty pageants, and then starring on The Bachelorette and Dancing with the Stars, she had become incredibly visible. There she was, in her early 20s, with millions around the world examining and weighing in on her every decision. She found herself wondering what it would mean to live on her terms. What it would mean to stop seeking approval from others and decide - for the first time - what it was she wanted from her own life.

An honest and earnest examination of her own mid-20s, God Bless This Mess is a memoir that doesn’t claim to have all the answers. Hannah knows she doesn’t have all the answers. What she does have is the insight of someone who has spent critical years of her youth under public scrutiny. Thus what emerges is a quarter-life memoir that speaks to the set of difficulties young women face, and how to move through them with grace. By pushing against her engrained need to seek approval, and learning how to think critically about her own goals and desires, Hannah inspires others to do the same - and to embrace the messiness that comes hand-in-hand with self-discovery (even it that sometimes means falling flat on your face).

Using her time on The Bachelorette as a launching pad, Hannah doesn’t shy away from the most painful experiences of her life: moments when her faith was tested, when she feared it was lost, and the moments when she reclaimed it on national television. “And Jesus still loves me.” Fans will be inspired by the never-before-told stories: the ones about facing depression and anxiety during her pageant years, the ways in which therapy and journaling have proven to be a saving grace, and the previously private moments - both at home and on television - that have shaped the star’s outlook.

Honest and emotionally urgent, God Bless This Mess is a reminder that true growth doesn’t come without strife - and it’s through those dark, messy moments that self-acceptance and love can bloom.

©2021 Hannah Kelsey Brown (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

Very well written!

Very well written and very well read! Helps you understand Hannah Brown more and understand why she is the way she is. This book is very inspirational and helps you realize that it’s okay to be a hot mess! Helps you realize that we all mess up and we can come back from it and learn from our mistakes and become a better version of ourselves!

Wonderful book

This book was amazing. Thank you for sharing your life experiences ! You truly are one special woman and don’t ever forget you are special

Loved it!

Authentic life lessons wrapped in insight and tea spilling. Thank you for the courage to write this book.

Amazing!!!

Not only did I learn more about her, I learned about myself as well. Her explaining her faith has made me think of mine. I absolutely loved her book!

God bless Hannah

I wish I had listened to a book like this when I was Hannah's age. It would've saved me a lot of heartache. But, I figured it out eventually with help from the Lord and some therapy - just like Hannah!

As a woman in my 50's much of the subject matter of her book were things I've already dealt with in my life, so I was more interested in the stories she told, especially from The Bachelor and going forward. To live out personal mistakes in the public eye takes a brave soul, and I give Hannah credit for owning her mistakes and learning from them.

She's a good narrator, so it was easy to listen to. I recommend to all younger ladies out there who are struggling with who they are and the choices they're making.

Inspiring

This book kept my interest from start to finish. It was raw, vulnerable and relatable. I loved that she didn’t lead the reader to believe that she had it all figured out… even by the end she was still learning and growing. As a Christian woman myself I loved how much she talked about making mistakes and how we are ALL still enough even when we are not perfect! This book was INSPIRING!

Recommend

I wasn’t the biggest fan of Hannah before reading this book, but that just goes to show you can’t believe everything you see on reality tv or read on social media.
Hearing her go through everything she’s been through
, her highs and her lows, gave me a new perspective and respect for her. Now I’m a fan!

Raw, Open, & Honest

This book was great! Hannah was so open and honest about everything. For her to be the one reading it made it that more important! Must read!

Real

Hannah invites you and your mess to meet her and her mess. She is unapologetically open and is willing to put herself out there so you can have the confidence and bravery to do the same.

Love her even more now!

I’ve always loved Hannah Brown, and after hearing the story of her heart, I love her and respect her even more. Great listen!