**Join us at Books@Stones on 1 May for Laurie Marsden's Men and Me Too, a searingly honest memoir about powerful players, hidden politics and dark secrets.**

In this searingly honest memoir, Laurie traces her journey from her modelling debut in New York City to whirlwind adventures in Milan, Paris, London, Australia, and Brazil.

Leaving an invisible childhood behind, Laurie Marsden seized a rare chance to rise to the top of the fashion industry in the 1980s and 1990s, propelling her into a world of powerful players, hidden politics, and dark secrets.

An elite model in this iconic era of fashion, Laurie takes the reader on an inside journey, exploring the details of life in this glamorous business, its nit, its grit, and its dark side. As she navigates celebrity encounters and high-stakes jobs, the harsh reality of a 'pay-to-play' world clashes against her desire for connection and authentic love. And men, the good, the bad, the influential, are always present.

Now an activist at the forefront of the global #metoo reckoning, Laurie reflects with hard-won wisdom and the expert knowledge she now has as a therapist, on what it means-and what it takes-to maintain personal power and purpose as a woman in any decade.

Laurie Marsden is a writer, psychotherapist and women's advocate. She has written for news outlets and her work has been featured on CBS, the BBC, The Guardian and 60 Minutes. A former top model, with covers of Vogue and Bazaar, she went on to graduate with a Master's from Columbia University. She created and launched the first online therapy program for women in 2013 and is passionate about women's health and supporting survivors of violence. Originally from New York, she is now based in Brisbane where she lives with her husband and two children.