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Description for Through Thick and Thin
Hardback. Some shelf wear, dustjacket
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091938390
SKU
KTK0096934
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Gok Wan
Gok Wan was born in 1974 to a Chinese father and English mother. He grew up on a Leicester housing estate before becoming one of Britain's leading stylists. He dominates the Channel 4 schedules with no less than three shows: How to Look Good Naked, Gok's Fashion Fix and Miss Naked Beauty, has published three bestselling style guides to go ... Read more
Reviews for Through Thick and Thin
"You've got to read it ... wonderful"
Jane McDonald Loose Women "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. It is not a misery memoir, it is honest and moving"
Susan Hill Spectator "Gok Wan should be ... Read more
Jane McDonald Loose Women "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. It is not a misery memoir, it is honest and moving"
Susan Hill Spectator "Gok Wan should be ... Read more