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Unstoppable in Stilettos - A Girl's Guide
to Living Tall in a Small World
New York, NY, November 3, 2010 - Standing 4
feet, 2 inches tall in flats (which she
would never be caught dead in anyway),
Lauren Ruotolo’s preferred method of
transportation is her stiletto heels, and
she utilizes them to do everything from
hailing cabs in mid-town Manhattan to
traipsing along the streets of exotic,
ancient places like Greece and Turkey. But
how does a girl with a rare genetic disease,
McCune-Albright Syndrome, who was originally
predicted to live a wheelchair-bound
existence become so adventurous,
self-assured, successful, and . . .
unflappable?
Instead of being hovered over by enabling
parents, Lauren tells us in her new book,
Unstoppable in Stilettos: A Girl's Guide
to Living Tall in a Small World (HCI
Books -- $14.95 – October 2010), she was
treated the same as her fully-able siblings
and subsequently became the role model big
sister to them (and landed a hot boyfriend,
to boot!) Truly unstoppable, she rose to
become Director of Entertainment Promotions
for Hearst Magazines.
Lauren Ruotolo avoided the label of
"disabled" through uniquely discovering who
she really is and thus avoiding playing the
label game. The little girl, with the big
voice, Ruotolo is a combination of roaring
personality, great mind, and humble soul,
with a heart bigger than any shoe closet of
Carrie Bradshaw. Part of that heart fills
this book, as Ruotolo offers the
entertaining evolution of a little girl in a
big world to living tall in a small one,
with advice and encouragement for any woman
of any age who is still finding her way.
About the Author:
Lauren Ruotolo is the Director of
Entertainment Promotions at Hearst Magazines
in New York City, where she is responsible
for developing strategic key partnerships
with TV & cable networks, music labels, and
movie studios. She recently helped produce
E!'s Style Network show about the inner
workings at Marie Claire fashion magazine
and is working on two one-hour specials with
Scripps Networks for Esquire and The Food
Network magazine. Lauren joined Hearst
Magazines from TV Guide Magazine, where she
was the Director of Consumer Marketing &
Promotions and created the first ever U.S.
newsstand promotion with CD on the cover.
Ruotolo's first-person essay "Get Shorty,"
which shared her philosophies on living with
the rare genetic disorder, McCune-Albright
syndrome, was published in Marie Claire
magazine in 2009, and was one of the most
responded to articles in Marie Claire.
Ruotolo is on the advisory board of Glamour
Gals, Love Our Children USA, and is an
active member in the NY chapter of Women in
Communications & Step Up for Women. Visit
Lauren on Facebook, follow her on Twitter (laurenjaenyc),
or log onto
www.unstoppableinstilettos.com and
www.laurenruotolo.com.
UNSTOPPABLE IN STILETTOS
A Girl's Guide to Living Tall in a Small
World
Lauren Ruotolo
Memoir/Inspiration
ISBN-10: 0757315143
Paperback
$14.95 U.S.
Pub Date: October, 2010
To order from the publisher, contact:
(800) 441-5560 or
www.hcibooks.com
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