"Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters..."

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Every once in a while, someone writes a book that's crying out to be written - but even more, crying out to be read... Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters - The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body, by young American journalist Courtney E Martin, is one of those books. You might wonder at the title, and think it's not for you - but it's a must-read for all women, and several men out there too --everyone with a sister, aunt, cousin, girlfriend, mother, anyone who's ever felt inadequate when it comes to weight...anyone who's crossed that grey area of mild obsession. The book is mainly about young girls, young women in the US ...perfectionists, mostly, who have managed to absorb much of an earlier generation's never-say-die, over-achieving spirit, but have also turned that inwards...with often disastrous results. Disastrous, even if it doesn't lead to prolonged illness....

"Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters..."

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Every once in a while, someone writes a book that's crying out to be written - but even more, crying out to be read... Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters - The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body, by young American journalist Courtney E Martin, is one of those books. You might wonder at the title, and think it's not for you - but it's a must-read for all women, and several men out there too --everyone with a sister, aunt, cousin, girlfriend, mother, anyone who's ever felt inadequate when it comes to weight...anyone who's crossed that grey area of mild obsession. The book is mainly about young girls, young women in the US ...perfectionists, mostly, who have managed to absorb much of an earlier generation's never-say-die, over-achieving spirit, but have also turned that inwards...with often disastrous results. Disastrous, even if it doesn't lead to prolonged illness....