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Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn't have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in college, she became the first protégé of El Paso's Richard Guy and Rex Holt, known as the "Kings of Beauty"—just as the 1970's counterculture movement began to take off.

From her earliest memories, Minu felt like an outsider. It wasn't just her peculiar name, but also her light skin and cinnamon-swirl hair—so unlike the dark features of her Mexican family—that drew comments from neighbors and strangers. No one took her questions seriously, leaving her yearning for answers. Meanwhile, she had to endure her father's violence, her mother's negligence, and the poverty and drugs in Cashion, Arizona. Determined to carve out her own destiny, Minu embarked on a journey to uncover the mysteries of her past.

When Bloomberg journalist Mark Pittman suddenly died, his widow spent four summers driving 31,152 miles searching for answers. In her fearless memoir, The Pink Steering Wheel Chronicles: A Love Story, author Laura Fahrenthold presents a moving portrait of marriage, motherhood and mourning as she...

Ihr Leben lang taten Sie, was von Ihnen erwartet wurde. Sie machten alles richtig. Sie schlossen eine solide Ausbildung ab. Täglich krempeln Sie die Ärmel hoch und sind erfolgreich. Alles schaffen Sie allein. Dennoch sind Sie bescheiden. Understatement ist Ihr Credo. Ihre Garderobe: dezent. Ihr Make-up: dezent. Alles ist dezent und... mausgrau. Aber als Kind waren Sie die mutige Zirkuskünstlerin, die schöne Prinzessin und der Hollywoodstar im Blitzlichtgewitter der Fotografen.