Naturally Tan, Tan France
Naturally Tan, Tan France
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Naturally Tan
A Memoir

Author: Tan France

Narrator: Tan France

Unabridged: 7 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2019


Synopsis

"Tan France's unique accent, chummy intimacy, and cheeky delivery make audio the best way to experience his memoir." — AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by the author, with a special guest appearance!

In this heartfelt, funny, and touching memoir, one of the stars of Netflix’s Emmy Award-winning smash-hit Queer Eye reveals how an Englishman raised in a traditionally religious home became a fashion icon—and the first openly gay, South Asian man on television—simply by being Naturally Tan.

Before he became famous as one of the Fab Five makeover experts, Tan France was the youngest child in his family, growing up in South Yorkshire, England. As a member of one of the very few South Asian, Muslim families living in the predominantly white community, he was routinely bullied for both his culture and his skin color.

Knowing he was gay from an early age, Tan harbored that secret to avoid further racial harassment and potentially cause a rift between him and his family. It was a secret he would keep from them until finally coming out at the age of 34—happily married to Rob, a Mormon cowboy from Salt Lake City.

With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan shares his journey and the lessons he’s learned along the way about being a successful businessman, a devoted spouse, and self-acceptance. From navigating the gay community, to finding the love of his life, to creating a popular ladies’ clothing lines for Kingdom & State and Rachel Parcell, Inc. to joining Antoni Porowski, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk, and Jonathan Van Ness on Queer Eye as positive, representative celebrity role models for LGBTQ people, Tan followed his own path to develop his signature style and embrace life on his own terms.

Full of his candid observations about US and UK cultural differences, social media behavior, celebrity encounters, behind-the-scenes realities of reality TV, and—of course—fashion tips, Tan gives his unique perspective on the happiness to be found in being yourself.

About Tan France

TAN FRANCE has been a successful fashion designer behind-the-scenes for over 15 years, and now steps into the spotlight as the star of Emmy-winning makeover hit, and Netflix re-boot, “Queer Eye”. Surrounded by an all new cast, France is the witty wardrobe wiz leading the charge in the fashion department and is ready to make America fabulous again one makeover at a time. This experience is so much more than just new clothes to the British born fashion advisor however, it’s about real-life issues, changes and acceptance on all sides.The epitome of style and class, Tan is the creative mind behind successful brands including the popular ladies clothing lines Kingdom & State and Rachel Parcell, Inc. Prior to his personal success as a designer, he spent his summers working in his grandfather’s denim factory while he secretly enrolled in fashion college in preparation to start a new chapter as a fabulous design star.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanna on April 04, 2019

My reviews can also be seen at: [URL not allowed] Tanweer Wasim "Tan" France is an English fashion designer. He is one of the Fab 5 from “Queer Eye” on Netflix. Tan is the fashion expert on the series. I really didn’t know a lot about Tan before reading his book. I had h......more

Goodreads review by Heather K (dentist in my spare time) on February 03, 2020

*3.5 stars* I'm a fan of Tan France, and I find him to be charming, funny, but a bit aloof. His book feels the same way. Naturally Tan was an easy, enjoyable read that actually felt like Tan wrote it instead of the book being fully reworked by a ghostwriter. It had his voice and cadence, and I loved......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on May 17, 2019

I started reading Naturally Tan on 5/11/2019 and finished it on 5/16/2019. This book is an excellent read. Normally memoirs put me to sleep but this book is actually written in a way that I feel like Tan is talking to me. It’s upbeat and honest and I found myself wanting to get to know him and learn......more

Goodreads review by da on June 21, 2019

How I got to reading this book is a mystery to me -- surely I'm not the only book lover for whom one book can sometimes follow another as if by magic. What I'm trying to say is that I loved this even though I've never watched Queer Eye, I enjoyed Tan's sweet, loving, down-to-earth call for people to......more

Goodreads review by Gabby on June 27, 2019

I adore Tan France so much. I was highly anticipating this book, and I received a copy of it from BookSparks, and I couldn’t wait to read it! And I’m so glad I did. I’m a huge fan of Queer Eye and I absolutely adore Tan. I loved getting more insight into his childhood and his marriage and getting ca......more


Quotes

"Tan France's unique accent, chummy intimacy, and cheeky delivery make audio the best way to experience his memoir." -AudioFile Magazine Editors' Pick