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Through Thick and Thin: My Autobiography (Paperback)
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Through Thick and Thin: My Autobiography (Paperback)

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Paperback 368 Pages / Published: 07/07/2011
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With his infectious energy and charisma, Gok Wan has an incredible gift of making women feel more confident within themselves - but it's not until you read his own inspirational story that you find out where he got that gift from. Gok grew up on a Leicester housing estate, with a loving family who ran a Chinese restaurant. For his parents, food meant love - and Gok was so well loved that by the time he was a teenager he weighed 21 stone. Being Asian and gay as well, Gok felt lonely and out of place. He was an easy target for bullies and suffered terribly at their hands. In a moment of inspiration, he decided to reinvent himself with his first style makeover and a larger-than-life personality to go with it. But his next move was to lose a devastating ten stone in nine months. In Through Thick and Thin, for the first time, Gok reveals all about that life changing period. The lessons Gok learnt during this time helped him bounce back to become a stylist to the stars, every woman's best friend and a national treasure. In this intimate memoir Gok tells his full story in his own words. Whether he's recounting the horrors of childhood bullying or riotous anecdotes about his loving family, behind the scenes in the fashion world or TV shows, Gok's voice jumps off the page with all the honesty, wit and warmth we've come to know and love him for.

Publisher: Ebury Publishing
ISBN: 9780091938383
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 273 g
Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 24 mm

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"As funny as it is moving, Gok's inspirational story is a fab read *****" * Closer *
"It's the autobiography we've all been waiting for - the incredible story of how a 20st Chinese kid from a housing estate grew up to become a fashion guru ... this intimate memoir is full of insights about bullying, fashion and celebrity. Witty, honest and inspirational! *****" * Woman's Own *
"A revealing and unglitzy autobiography, about being a podgy, spotty teenager in Leicester, feeling out of place and out of luck and without much hope for a better future ... honest and moving" -- Susan Hill * Spectator *
"Told with the wit and warmth we know and love him for" * Best *
"Immensely readable, touching and at times funny" * Sunday Express *

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“AMAZING!!”

it is an amazing book, a great insight into his life! definitely a five star read!

Hardback edition
30th December 2010
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“VERY EXCITING READ”

I bought this book as I love Gok Wan, as soon as I bought it I was eager to get stcuk into it and I wasnt dissappointed. The book is fabulous from cover to cover, there is never a dull moment, the book just left me... More

Hardback edition
9th November 2010
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“TAKE AWAY........”

When a Biography or Autobiography is published about a young person! We say! How can there be anything worth reading as there life has just begun.. But Mr Gok Wan your
life to date has been filled with drama,... More

Paperback edition
23rd August 2011
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