This smart and frank collection distills the trials and triumphs of being a woman, all in a gifty volume filled with whimsical full-color illustrations. In 15 subject-driven chapters relevant to women of all ages, authors Tania Kindersley and Sarah Vines essays cover topics ranging from feminism to face cream, motherhood to money, and politics to perfection. Titles like The Danger of Romantic Love, Why There is No Such Thing as a Guilt-Free Working Mother, How Not to Go Mad, parts 1 and 2, and Why There is No Excuse for Bad Sex develop into a tuned and sophisticated voice that is at once a mother, best friend, and shrink, revising expectations, bashing stereotypes, and illuminating the experience of life. This is the ultimate sophisticated gift for any woman of any age. Both young and old will find familiarity in the admonitions, recollections, and powerful advice of two writers who have done it all. This brilliant feat of realism, so called by the Sunday Times Magazine, gently guides the way without claiming to have all the answers.
| ISBN | 0762438819 | | Pages | 368 | | ISBN13 | 9780762438815
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 1007 | | Publisher | The Perseus Books Group | | Published in | Reading, MA | | Imprint | Perseus Books | | Height (mm) | 203 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 152 | | Publication date | 02 Mar 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 51 | | DEWEY | 305.4 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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October 15, 2009, Plum Sykes, author of "Society Girls", "Bergdorf Blondes", and "The Debutante Divorcee" "This book is the best friend I always wish I had: funny, witty, intelligent."October 15, 2009, Lulu Guinness, British fashion designer and author of "Put on Your Pearls, Girls!" "It's simply brilliant: buy it and give it to all your friends""Harper's Bazaar" "From feminism to face cream, "Backwards in High Heels" is a witty collection of essays about the joy and pain of being a lady."
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