Summary, Analysis, and Review of Shauna Niequist's Present Over Perfect PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Shauna Niequist's Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: Those familiar with Brene Brown's Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, or work on shame, vulnerability, empathy, and resilience, might wonder if Shauna Niequist read Brown's book and immediately sat down to write her own book, Present Over Perfect. Then a more astute reader might go back and read the forward, from Brene Brown. Niequist calls Present Over Perfect a love story about letting us be loved with all our imperfections. Self-help Christianity might be the best classification of this book: an honest, heartfelt sharing of one woman's realization that she can't have it