**Finally! The Secret to Building Lasting Self-Esteem in Young Girls. (continued)**

**Move Over Britney, Lindsay, and Paris. A New, Healthy Role Model is Here.**

Through a contemporary, fairytale-like story and gloriously illustrated by internationally known artist, Dawn Pitre, Beauty’s Secret addresses the timely and sensitive subject of appearance. A young teen named Beauty learns the consequences of being overly focused on external appearances and realizes the existence and importance of inner beauty. Readers learn the “truth” of who they are by connecting to what author Debra Gano terms their “Heartlight,” the essence of inner self.

Gano worked for years as a professional model and actress in the very externally focused fashion and television industries, where she saw others, as well as herself, searching for peace and happiness from the outside world. “I searched many years for what was within me all along,” says Gano. “It is my passion to bring this awareness to our youth. Rather than using their energies searching for something ‘out there,’ they can now resourcefully direct their energy into making their own lives, as well as our planet, a much better place.”

Considered a “fairytale for the new generation,” Beauty’s Secret has already received noted praise from best-selling inspirational authors Jack Canfield, Marianne Williamson, and Neale Donald Walsch. Canfield, author of New York Times #1 Bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul, says, “Healthy self-esteem comes from knowing who you truly are, and Beauty’s Secret powerfully brings us this awareness.” After asking his twelve-year-old daughter to read it, he adds, “It’s a book every girl should read.”

Beauty’s Secret is priced at $17.95, and is available at booksellers nationwide, as well as the HeartLightGirls website.