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Thin Is the New Happy

by Valerie Frankel

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Publisher Comments:

You've heard the phrase the mirror is not your friend. For Valerie Frankel, the mirror was so much more than not a friend. It was the mean girl who stole her lunch money, bitch-slapped her in the ladies' room, and cut the hair off her Barbie. Like most women, Valerie spent most of her conscious life on a diet, thinking about a diet, ignoring a diet, or failing on a diet. At age eleven, her mother put Val on her first weight-loss program. As a teen, she was enrolled in Weight Watchers (for which she invented creative ditching methods). As a young woman, her world felt right only when she was able to zip a certain pair of jeans. Not wanting to pass this legacy on to her own daughters, Valerie set out to cleanse herself of her obsession. Thin Is the New Happy is the true story of one woman's quest to exorcise her bad body-image demons, to uncover the truths behind what put them there, and to learn how to truly love herself.

Synopsis:

Frankel, like most women, has endured years of dieting, starvation, and total preoccupation with her weight. Not wanting to pass this legacy on to her own daughters, she sets out to cleanse herself of these painful and damaging cycles, which she chronicles in this hilarious, unflinching memoir.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780312373931
Author:
Frankel, Valerie
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin
Subject:
Health/Exercise & Fitness
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Weight Loss
Publication Date:
October 2009
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.30x6.50x.73 in. .55 lbs.

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