Beauty & Dynamite

By Alethea Kontis

Book Overview

An updated and revised edition celebrating the sixteenth anniversary of this cult classic memoir

Once upon a time, a young girl walked into a world of wonder and delight. But that's not where this story starts.

The young woman published a nationally recognized children's book and edited a star-filled collection of stories to benefit the tsunami relief effort. But that's not where this story ends.

Meet Alethea Kontis, whose life is an adventure that tears through these pages like a hurricane of inspiration. Carrot-a-day cancer cures and Murphy as a guardian angel (yes, that Murphy, the guy with all those irritating laws) are just a part of the daily routine for the Incredible Whirlwind of Beauty and Dynamite, the force of nature masquerading in human form.

Through essays, poetry, and commentary from family, friends, and famous authors alike, a world of Blood Oaths and road trips, broken hearts and mended cars, comes alive with the strength of one woman's conviction that the world is there to be befriended.

You have now been introduced.

Let your adventure begin.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1942541317
• ISBN13: 9781942541318
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Alethea Kontis
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An enchanting read

This is a beautifully written collection of essays and poems by the enchanting Alethea Kontis, who I had the pleasure of meeting at Context 21 in Columbus, OH. I bought a copy of her children's book, AlphaOops, and asked her to sign it for my daughters. She's wonderful. I enjoyed this collection of essays because I simultaneously was enthralled by how enchanting her life seems to be and amazed out how alike we seem to think. Hopefully, I'll get chance to meet her again, so that I asked her to sign my book and so that I can tell her what a role model she is for us girls who want to break into the writing business. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to know what it's like to be a writer, a woman, and experience the wonder that is a convention.