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Jessica tells of growing up in 1980s Texas where she was sexually abused by the daughter of a family friend and of unsuccessfully auditioning for the Mickey Mouse Club at age 13 with Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling before going on to sign a record deal with Columbia and marrying 98 Degrees member Nick Lachey. Along the way she details the struggles in her life such aJessica tells of growing up in 1980s Texas where she was sexually abused by the daughter of a family friend and of unsuccessfully auditioning for the Mickey Mouse Club at age 13 with Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling before going on to sign a record deal with Columbia and marrying 98 Degrees member Nick Lachey. Along the way she details the struggles in her life such as the pressure to support her family as a teenager divorcing Lachey enduring what she describes as an emotionally abusive relationship with musician John Mayer being body-shamed in an overly appearance-centered industry and going through bouts of heavy drinking. But Simpson ends on a positive note discussing her billion-dollar apparel line and marriage with professional football star Eric Johnson with whom she has three children.(less)