Chasing Beauty is the story of how and why an ordinary young woman surgically rearranged her entire face before age thirty-six.Born to uninvolved parents, author Jamieson Dale developed into a lonely girl with a voluptuous figure but a plain face. Attention to image both inside and outside of home suggested to Jamieson that her attractive body made of her an object.Through cosmetic surgery, Jamieson wanted a beautiful face to make herself into a person: one worthy of love, and of survival.Jamieson wanted-fifteen different times-to believe in the magic implied in a cosmetic surgical transformation. She failed-fifteen different times-to find it; but in the end found a kind husband and a shaky peace with herself as an aging woman.Ultimately, Chasing Beauty is an examination of loneliness. It is about the dichotomous need for and fear of human connection; and the emotional strength of adopting the burden of loving oneself. Jamieson learns by the end of her chase for beauty that it alone won't make intimacy feel safe.http://www.ChasingBeauty.com