Winnerofthe2024AndyAwardforMemoirandNarrativeNonfictionAZibby’sTop10Bookof2023AUSATodayBestBookof2023AUSATodayBookClubPickForewordbyCameronDiaz“ReadingKimberlyShannonMurphy’ssearingandvividlytoldmemoirislikewatchingagrippingworkofcinemaverit矇eachscenedemandsourattentionastheplotmovestowardsitsdramaticconclusion.Apowerfulandinspiringstoryofsufferingandshame,resilienceandredemption.“--GaborMat矇M.D.,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofTheMythofNormalArawandhearteningmemoirofonewoman’sjourneyfromsurvivingchildhoodsexualabusetobecomingoneofthemostsuccessfulstuntwomeninHollywood.“Piecebypiece,theon-sitemedictweezestheshardsofcandyglassfrommyface.Idon’tmindthestinging.Idon’tflinch.“Asanaward-winningstuntwoman,KimberlyShannonMurphywasintimatewithpain.Foryears,shepropelledherbodythroughdangerousspaces--medicatingthetraumaofherchildhoodsexualabusewiththeadrenalinerushthatcamefrompushingherselftotheabsolutelimit.ButasKimberlylearned,nomatterhowmuchyousuppressyourpast,italwayscatchesupwithyou.InGlimmer,KimberlydetailsherremarkablejourneytothetopofherfieldasaHollywoodstuntwomanformanyA-listcelebrities,includingCameronDiaz,CharlizeTheron,AngelinaJolie,TaylorSwift,andSandraBullock,whilecarryingthepainofherchildhoodofsexualabuseinafamilythatrefusedtoacknowledgeitsreality.Inherbeautifullywritten,unflinchinglyhonestmemoir,Kimberlyreflectsonherpastandpresent,chroniclingherpathtorecoveryandcalculatingthelongshadowoftrauma.Glimmeristhestoryofonewoman’squesttoreclaimherlifeandtoshineaspotlightonthedarktopicofintergenerationalfamilialabuse.AsKimberlyreveals,beingstrongisn’taboutgettingyourblackbelt,leapingoutoffour-storybuildings,orputting200-poundstuntmeninchokeholds--it’saboutwakingupeverysinglemorningandchoosingtoloveyourself,nomatteryourhistory.Aheroicandhopefulstoryofstoleninnocence,pain,courage,andsurvival,Glimmerisanemotionalroadmapforotherswhohavesufferedabuseandchildhoodtrauma,offeringthemhope,healing,andinspiration.
