One of fashion's most iconic redheads pens a moving coming-of-age story chronicling her professional and personal metamorphosis.

At age eighteen, she took the fashion world by storm in a captivating Vogue Italia cover image by Steven Meisel. She's walked runways for AlexanderMcQueen, Chanel, Valentino, and Gucci and starred in countless campaigns.She's released two full-length albums. And she's advocated for model rights inthe workplace. For sure, Karen Elson has emerged as a tour de force in theworlds of fashion and entertainment over her two decade-long career.

For the first time, the British supermodel presents a poignant look into herlife and work in book form. Exquisitely written, this tome details her childhoodin a gritty industrial town in Northern England and her rise to fame as one offashion's most unique faces to her evolution as a singer-songwriter and herthoughts on body image and the state of fashion up until the present day.Accompanied by legendary images by such photographers as Craig McDean,Annie Leibovitz, and Mert and Marcus, Elson's poetic--and at timeshaunting--prose brims with an intimacy that most fans have never encounteredbefore. With contributions by Edward Enninful, Tim Walker, and GraceCoddington, this beautifully crafted book is a powerful glimpse into the manysides and fiery spirit of one of the greatest muses of our time.