Author Shares The Cost

Of Success

Local author Jenifer Beaudean will be at the C.H. Booth Library, at 25 Main Street, Wednesday, November 2, at 7 pm, to discuss her new book, Whatever the Cost: One Woman’s Battle to Find Peace with Her Body. 

Born in Ottawa in 1969, Ms Beaudean grew up in northern New Jersey as the daughter of a Lutheran minister and his wife. In 1987 she joined the 11th class to admit women at the United States Military Academy at West Point. While at West Point, she rappelled down cliffs, jumped from an airplane, carried M-16 rifle and, after graduation, led a platoon in the Army Corps of Engineers.

In 1994 she left the Army with an honorable discharge and began her career in business, her focus primarily in marketing. Subsequently, her clients included the five divisions of General Motors, Volkswagen of America, EDS, John Deere, and Pfizer.

But what Ms Beaudean regards her biggest success is overcoming bulimia after a 13-year struggle. Upon completing treatment and maintaining her health for eight years, she decided to share the story of that struggle, beginning with her time at West Point where this deadly disorder first took hold.

Her memoir spans the contrasts of life at the military academy, business success, the spiral into addiction that nearly took her life, and finally, her hard-won health and wellness, achieved through treatment.

After the talk books will be available for purchase, and refreshments will be served.

For more information or to register, call the library at 203-426-4533, or sign up online at www.chboothlibrary.org.