The road to happiness is always under construction : Build a Better Body, Mind, and Soul

To celebrate her 75th birthday, Linda Gray, the iconic star of Dallas and timeless beauty, is sharing her road map to happiness in her revelatory memoir. When Linda Gray, iconic star of Dallas, was twenty years old, a magazine editor coldly rejected her as a model, writing that, perhaps one day, “you might shape into something.” Since then, Linda has been evolving and growing, and has shaped into a role model for women of every age in her grace, beauty, generosity, and wisdom. She’s been through more pain and tragedy than her longtime fans realize, having suffered paralyzing polio as a child, growing up with an alcoholic mother, landing in a emotionally abusive marriage at twenty-two and living by her husband’s rules for sixteen years before she openly rebelled against him to take an acting class. At thirty-eight, Linda got her big break, as Larry Hagman’s wife on Dallas. With fame came a bitter, public divorce, trouble at home with her two kids, and the loss of her beloved sister to breast cancer. Linda got through it all—the challenges of sexism in Hollywood and the pressures of being a single working mom—with a relentlessly positive attitude that kept her cruising, with a few speed bumps, to the place of serenity she thrives in now. To celebrate her seventy-fifth birthday, Linda is opening up about her life for the first time. Inside this book, she tells deeply personal stories with wit, humor, and candor, and reveals how she’s learned to love every day as the blessing it is and to treat herself with the kindness she bestows on friends and strangers alike. Along with wisdom, Linda has accumulated a lot of practical tips about maintaining a healthy lifestyle—how to strengthen and detoxify your body, liberate your mind, and uplift your soul—and shares them as well. Her message to “give, love, and shine, baby, shine” will fill anyone with inspiration to live life to the fullest, and never stop pursuing honesty and joy. Gray has been through more pain and tragedy than her longtime fans realize, having suffered paralyzing polio as a child, growing up with an alcoholic mother, landing in a emotionally abusive marriage at twenty-two and living by her husband's rules for sixteen years before she openly rebelled against him to take an acting class. With her big break on Dallas, fame came a bitter, public divorce. To celebrate her seventy-fifth birthday, Gray opens up about her life, the challenges of sexism in Hollywood and the pressures of being a single working mom, with a relentlessly positive attitude that kept her cruising, with a few speed bumps, to the place of serenity she thrives in now.;Hello -- How to shape into something in 75 years or less -- What scares you can also heal you -- Successful women don't give up -- Toot your own horn -- Love the skin you're in -- Late bloomer -- Build a tool box -- Explore undiscovered roads -- Cat heaven -- Learn to navigate for yourself -- Tough love -- Into the driver's seat -- Pull the trigger -- The bigger the hair, the closer to God -- Gong bong -- Laugh until champagne comes out of your nose -- Cut yourself some slack -- Detours happen -- Steer the bus -- Treat ever ride like it's the last one of your life -- The trampoline effect -- Cherish your passengers -- Linda Gray's principles for success -- The dangers of downshifting -- Give -- What to take with you when you go -- Shed-- Suit up with style -- Show yourself -- Travel light -- Shush -- Overcoming the obstacles in your path -- Expand your world -- How to date at any age -- The Gray Fox -- Shine, baby, shine. When Linda Gray, iconic star of Dallas, was twenty years old, a magazine editor coldly rejected her as a model, writing that, perhaps one day, you might shape into something. At thirty-eight, Linda got her big break, as Larry Hagman's wife on Dallas. To celebrate her seventy-fifth birthday, Gray is opening up about her life for the first time. She tells deeply personal stories with wit, humor, and candor, and reveals how she's learned to love every day and treat herself with the kindness she bestows on friends and strangers alike. Linda Gray shares her accumulated practical tips about maintaining a healthy lifestyle: how to strengthen and detoxify your body, liberate your mind, and uplift your soul. FITNESS & DIET. In Age-Free, renowned actress Linda Gray compiles a lifetime's worth of tips and wisdom into a humorous and insightful guide for women through all the stages of life, and ultimately shares how to lead a fulfilled life by living simply. Reflecting the phases and actions of every woman's life - share, shift, shock, shop, shed, shine and so many more - Linda shows how you too can very well shape into something