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If you’re one of the roughly 2.6 million people following Mary Lawless Lee across her social media platforms, it’s easy to see why she’s one of Nashville’s most celebrated influencers. As the founder and face of Happily Grey—an influential fashion blog turned all-encompassing brand and retail store—Lee shares her tips, tricks, and recommendations on everything from fashion to lifestyle, to travel, fitness, motherhood, and more. And now, Lee is sharing some of her most personal stories to date in an entirely new way with the release of her first book, Happily Grey: Stories, Souvenirs, and Everyday Wonders from the Life in Between.
“I am particular with what I choose to share on social media. I value that level of privacy, and I think at times social media can be toxic and it can feel very one-sided because you only see a one-dimensional view of someone’s life,” says Lee. “While I do try to depict the highs and the lows and show all aspects of it, some of these stories are so important to me and are moments of such vulnerability that I wanted it to be in writing on pages. I felt like this