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As the list of celebrity memoirs only continues to grow, with Rebel Wilson’s tell-all recently joining the club, another celebrity is opening up: Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Blanchard, who was released from prison in 2023 after seven years for the murder of her mom, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, in 2015, is releasing a memoir of her own.
Blanchard’s memoir, which was written with Melissa Moore and Michele Matrisciani, is titled My Time to Stand.
“I am in love with the title of my book not only because it addresses the question I get most, but because in our pain and struggle, we can find what it is that we want to stand for,” Gypsy said in a statement to People. “That inside our stories, if we dare to sit in the stillness of them, our purpose can be revealed. And we all have a purpose. That’s what I hope people will take away from my book.”
'My Time to Stand: A Memoir'
Blanchard then went on to remember the key moments in her life when she had to stand up and face her fears. “The first time I stood up on my own two feet was my first failed attempt to leave my mother,” Blanchard, who was a victim of Munchausen by proxy, remembered. “I had the legs of a chick struggling to find a way out of the cracks. Who hasn’t felt unsturdy like that in their own life?”
“The second time I stood up, I walked down a path I’ll regret forever,” she continued, referring to her 2015 crime alongside her then-boyfriend, Nicholas “Nick” Godejohn. “Again, too many people feel this way about their choices.”
“The third time I stood up, I did so as an incarcerated girl-woman who had so much to learn about independence, self-forgiveness and resilience,” she said. “Only because I did the work, did my time to stand finally come.”
“Now, I can stand with other victims as they take steps toward doing whatever work is necessary to stand for themselves,” Blanchard continued. “My Time to Stand is about reclaiming my footing so others can be inspired to walk a life of purpose and meaning and build a future sturdy enough so others can stand for something, too.”
In the description of the book, which officially released on Jan. 28, 2025, the description outlines her journey. “Forced to use a wheelchair in public and endure a lifetime of faux illness, fraud, and exploitation, Gypsy was subjected not only to her mother’s medical, physical, and emotional abuse, but deprived of childhood milestones,” the description reads. “Prevented from attending school or socializing, Gypsy’s formative years were defined by pain and isolation.”
“Now, she’s finally free to start living her life on her terms—and to tell her own story as only she can,” it concludes.
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