okay, okay, okay— but first, book facts!
It’s locally printed by a high-quality local printer & binder.
Which means, every paperback sold is a book I picked up from the printer and brought home to sign and wrap for you.
My favorite reader feedback has been (received a lot), “I didn’t realize how much I needed a friend right now, and this book became her.”
There’s some weight to the book— when you hold it, it feels solid.
& that interior paper— has just the right amount of tooth and is a painfully-hard-to-obtain shade of cream (better readability than brilliant white).
I could not find a secondary font that I liked, so I used my handwriting.
I made this book for busy people! You can set it down and not loose your place, you can get something from it if all you have is 5 minutes. Because every section is a 3-10 minute read.
So, yes, yes, yes, it’s a piece of art, but it’s also robustly practical.
It feels like coffee with a friend in a book.
It can be read front-to-back, back-to-front, or jumping around. It will all circle back and you will not miss anything. Have fun with it!
It ended up being a really good book for anyone with attention challenges/ADD/ADHD! Yay!
Each copy mailed out/sold at events hasn’t even been opened from the printer yet— which means that feeling of opening a book that has never been opened before, is reserved just for you!
Each package goes out with an ink-stamp and my handwriting!
& I go to the post office with each one.
This isn’t just a book— I wanted it to be incredibly practical & feel like a piece of art.
#15. As of January 12, 2025… 791 books have been sold since it was published 9/15/2023.
Made to be an audiobook!
(read by me, obviously.)
“Naked will have you laughing and crying and everything in-between, but most of all contemplating WHY no talks about these nitty-gritty aspects of life...when every word in this book perfectly illustrates the very fabric of universal human existence…will leave you breathless and begging for more.”
— Frankie
“One of my favorite books of all time. SDG has a way of making you feel like you’re having coffee with an old friend. The authentic stories are relatable—It’s honest and real, which can be hard to come by nowadays. Through her storytelling she gives you space to take any journey you need.”
— Sarah
“Everyone is always searching for that one thing - the thing that will fulfill them in life - this book, somehow, reminds you what your thing is - and reminds you to keep working towards it. This is definitely on my ‘yearly re-read’ list, and I have no doubt it will be on yours as well!”
— Jessy
The all-important back of book blurb:
What 100 books looks like:
Someone needs to talk about this stuff.
It is completely unacceptable that no one talks about this stuff.
The stuff no one talks about is all I want to talk about.
Naked is a collection of coming-of-middle-age essays that traverse a path from self-neglect to self-honoring. There is a rhythmic, lyrical quality to SDG’s debut, which poured out of her with urgency after years of being stuck in life’s holding patterns.
From the smallest of life’s moments– a ceramic cup, a hug, a bagel– to life’s inexhaustible journeys– change, growth, love– SDG holds them all equally, bringing a level of emotional introspection and deeper wisdom that holds no pretense.
Readers who cannot abandon their lives for a year of rest, reflection, and renewal will find solace in SDG’s approachable take on doing that work within their daily lives. She teaches that within our stories are choices– to question, to grow, to be brave.
Naked is an accordion.
Future titles:
The Year of Magical Urges
Goddess Chronicles
Raising the Mini-Humans