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(More customer reviews)What a FUN book! The title immediately piqued my interest - it's a reference to one of my favorite quotes of all time, attributed to (or about) Ginger Rogers, it's about how Ginger had to do everything Fred Astaire did, only backwards and in high heels (meaning, obviously, that she had to be every bit as talented as he with an added degree or two of difficulty!) I love the design, as well. It's girly but not cutesy; feminine but not weak. It's pink, but a BOLD pink!
This book has so much going for it, I don't even know where to start. It offers candid observations, witticisms, and smart and applicable advice on every aspect of being female. The topics that are covered in this thorough tome are Love, Food, Career, Men, Health, Politics, Philosophy of Life and Self-Esteem, Dressing and Shopping, Motherhood and Family, Money, Grief, Age, Beauty, Sex, and possibly the most amusing chapter of them all, The Practical Chapter. This offers actual recipes and some random (but very helpful, astute) nuggets of advice they couldn't fit in elsewhere.
This book is NOT "The Rules" nor is it Sex & the City. It may, perhaps, have a bit of "He's Just Not That Into You" thrown in, among other things. (However, if it gets made into a Drew Barrymore movie, I'm going to cry.) It does give great advice on dating, men in general, and every single subject you can think of that relates to a woman's life - and not just one kind of woman but all of them: stay at home moms, career-driven women, singles, marrieds, and everyone in between.
I highly recommend this book to ANY woman of ANY age. Everyone should have this on their bookshelf or nightstand. Give it to your mom for Mother's Day, a neighbor for Christmas, your aunt for her birthday, a college-bound daughter or niece. It's fun, educational, inspiring, hilarious, eye-opening, and quite entertaining. This is the book you never knew (or maybe you did know) you needed.
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This smart and frank collection distills the trials and triumphs of being a woman, all in a gifty volume filled with whimsical fullcolor illustrations. In 15 subject-driven chapters relevant to women of all ages, authors Tania Kindersley and Sarah Vine's 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.
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