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In the New York Times bestseller If You Have to Cry, Go Outside, media maven Kelly Cutrone spills her secrets for success without selling out. She combines personal and professional stories from her high-profile gigs as Whitney Port and Lauren Conrad's boss on The Hills, star of Bravo's Kell on Earth, judge on America's Next Top Model, and CEO/founder of the fashion PR firm People's Revolution to offer young professional women no-nonsense, brutally honest career advice-and other things their mothers never told them.

“Full of anecdotes, personal and professional life as well as motivational tips,” the New York Times–bestselling memoir from the candid tv personality (People.com).Media maven Kelly Cutrone spills her secrets for success without selling out. She combines personal and professional stories from her high-profile gigs as Whitney Port and Lauren Conrad’s boss on The Hills, star of Bravo''s Kell on Earth, judge on America’s Next Top Model, and CEO/founder of the fashion PR firm People’s Revolution to offer young professional women no-nonsense, brutally honest career advice—and other things their mothers never told them.“[Cutrone’s] hellish take on the fashion world is her ticket to stardom. . . . reads as a gritty guide for young women entering the fashion world.” —USA Today“Choice career and style advice from New York’s most outspoken PR woman.” —WSJ.com“What everyone loves about Kelly Cutrone . . . is that she isn’t afraid to tell it how it is.” —Elle Magazine“Cutrone gives blunt, how-to advice on how to be a “power bitch” . . . It’s an old-fashioned guide to succeeding in both life and work . . . with a dash of self-styled spirituality and, of course, all dressed up in Balenciaga.” —New York Post “Part memoir, part self-improvement sermon . . . it recounts Cutrone’s own fitful journey.” —New York Magazine “The book outlines [Cutrone’s] tumultuous rise from homelessness to the fashion elite and serves as a guide for navigating an alternative career path.” —The Harvard Crimson“A raw, no bullshit, . . . autobiographical joy ride that preaches spiritual self-empowerment over self-sabotage.” —Out Magazine“A message of girl power . . . entertaining for all.” —Los Angeles Times

New York Times–bestselling Author: Embrace the joy of not fitting in with this candid, motivational read from the TV star, publicist, and fashion maven.nor-mal: 2a: according with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule or principle b: conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern 4 a: of, relating to, or characterized by average intelligence or developmentUh, who wants that?Hot on the heels of her New York Times bestseller If You Have to Cry, Go Outside, Kelly Cutrone is back with another no-holds-barred book to awaken our souls and kick our asses into gear. In Normal Gets You Nowhere, she invites us to get our freak on. History is full of successful, world-changing people who did not fit in. Think Nelson Mandela, Joan of Arc, Eleanor Roosevelt, John Lennon. Instead of changing themselves to accommodate the status quo or what others thought they should be, these people hung a light on their differences—and changed humanity in the process. There’s already an army of super-talented uberfreaks changing the world–isn’t it time you joined them?