Gender studies: women and girls Books
Arcadia Publishing Camp Maqua Images of America Arcadia Publishing
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Arcadia Publishing Massachusetts in the Woman Suffrage Movement
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£18.69
Arcadia Publishing Notable Women of Portland Images of America
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£23.99
Arcadia Publishing Utah Women
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£20.39
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Connecticut Softball Legend Joan Joyce
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£21.24
History Press That Remarkable Little Lady of Tenafly Alice
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£19.79
History Press Connecticut Bootlegger Queen Nellie Green
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£21.24
History Press Black Women Writers of Louisiana
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£18.69
History Press Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch
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£21.59
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Bad Girls from History Wicked or Misunderstood
Book SynopsisNot just one type of bad girl, but the complete range, in one volume
£16.96
Gallery Books After Perfect A Daughters Memoir
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£16.14
Amazon Publishing The 10 Habits of Highly Successful Women
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£13.46
Amazon Publishing The Doctor Is In
Book SynopsisThe Doctor Is In! America's best-loved therapist, Dr. Ruth, is known for her wise counsel on all matters of the heart. Here she shares private stories from her past and her present, and her insights into living life to the fullest, at any age. Everyone knows Dr. Ruth as the most famous and trusted sex therapist, but few people know she narrowly escaped death from the Holocaust, was raised in an orphanage in Switzerland, or that she was a sniper during Israel's War of Independence. After years spent as a student in Paris, Dr. Ruth came to America dreaming of a new life though never expecting the dramatic turns that would take place. And at the age of eighty-seven, she is as spirited as ever. Through intimate and funny stories, Dr. Ruth sheds light on how she's learned to live a life filled with joie de vivre. And she shows readers how they too can learn to deal with tragedy and loss, challenges and success, all while nourishing an intellectual and emotional spark, and, above all, haTrade Review“An exuberant celebration of life by America’s favorite octogenarian sex guru...Her warmth, wit, and wisdom shine through this lively account of a life well-lived. A joy for her many fans, old and new.” —Kirkus Reviews “Part memoir and part life manual, the latest from renowned sex therapist Dr. Westheimer uses stories from her remarkable, often arduous journey to instruct readers on embracing positivity...Her wit and brassy style breathe new life into familiar self-help material.” —Publishers Weekly “Though many think they know all about Dr. Ruth due to her iconic stature, this book offers more that is truly enjoyable to read in her own familiar voice.” —Jewish Book World
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Amazon Publishing Beautiful Bodies A Memoir
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA People Magazine Best New Books selection A New York Post Must-Read Books selection An Elle Magazine Best Books of the Summer selection A PureWow Best Beach Reads of Summer selection An InStyle, W Magazine, and NY Daily News Summer Reads selection "Keenly perceptive, unflinchingly honest, and ultimately inspiring…Miller shares her dieting travails with humor and honesty while tracing the roots of our society's obsession with body image." —Booklist, Starred Review "Who doesn't want the perfect body? We all do. Kimberly Rae Miller does…[In] Beautiful Bodies, Miller examines a life of dieting and seeks to find where this unattainable image of the 'ideal body' came from." —PopSugar "If you find the subject of food to be both vexing and transfixing, you'll love Beautiful Bodies, Kimberly Rae Miller's witty and wise memoir, social history, and, yes, love story about dieting, fitness, and body image." —Elle Magazine "What makes this memoir different from other accounts by women struggling with their weight is that the author knows the science behind it…" —Kirkus Reviews "Miller's story is one that any woman can slip into with great ease." —New York Daily News "In Beautiful Bodies, Kimberly Rae Miller writes intimately of the damage done when women's bodies and appearance are discussed in degrading terms…This account offers telling insight on the immense negativity surrounding body image, as well as acknowledging that love and acceptance of oneself is a constant exercise in reinforcement." —Library Journal "Kimberly Rae Miller's magnification of modern diet culture, historic and current beauty standards, and the media's influence over it all creates a really beautiful base for a conversation we should all be having." —a Better Happier St. Sebastian "Kimberly Rae Miller's candid body image memoir…digs deep into the social history of weight loss and finding self-love after a lifetime of dieting." —InStyle "There's no such thing as an ideal or perfect body, but the elusive quest to create one has guided Kimberly Rae Miller since childhood…In Beautiful Bodies, she combines her personal experience with social history to explore how the idea of perfect bodies was formed and has shifted time and time again, becoming a little less attainable each generation…Beautiful Bodies is full of history about body image that will entertain and sadden you." —BitchMedia "Miller, author of the excellent 2013 memoir Coming Clean (about growing up with parents who were hoarders), is back with another powerful book that's part memoir, part social history. Here, [Miller] explores her complex and at times difficult relationship with food, eating, and exercise and examines how and why we try to control our bodies." —PureWow "Many women can identify with the thoughts and feeling of Kimberly Rae Miller, who struggles over figuring out just what the ideal body looks like. [In Beautiful Bodies,] follow Kimberly's journey as she embarks on a fascinating, if not hilarious, voyage to uncover this mystery, which has plagued women (and men) throughout history." —FamilyEducation "There was not one slow moment in Beautiful Bodies. Despite [there being] many books on personal addictions including eating disorders, this book is head and shoulders above the others. Her story is one that many readers can relate to and her writing is accessible, her vulnerability incomparable." —New York Journal of Books "Just as she did in Coming Clean, [Miller] writes about pain and struggle with utter honesty, humor, and grace. If you have ever felt at odds with your body—as if no matter what you do, it simply isn't good enough—you will see yourself in this wonderful book. If you have a partner or daughter who struggles with her body, this book is required reading." —Gabi Moskowitz, producer of Freeform's Young & Hungry and coauthor of Hot Mess Kitchen "Weaving diet history with all-insecurities-bared personal narrative, Kimberly Rae Miller charts the cuckoo, dangerous, and heartbreaking efforts we endure to suppress our bodies into an imagined ideal. Funny, honest, and deeply empathic, this memoir of the public and private body chronicles the ultimate struggle—not to lose weight but to love the shape of our lives." —Sarah McColl, founder of Yahoo Food "Kimberly Rae Miller's Beautiful Bodies will make you laugh and cry with her story of a life spent chasing a beautiful body. Truthful, heartfelt, and delightfully funny, Miller walks her path toward redemption with admirable grace—and reminds us it's truly okay to be exactly as we are." —Katie Sise, author of Creative Girl, The Boyfriend App, and The Pretty App
£11.98
Amazon Publishing COMING CLEAN
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Archway Publishing Whistled A Memoir of Achievement Betrayal and the
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£15.19
Sourcebooks, Inc How to Make a French Family
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£11.99
Sourcebooks, Inc The Personality Quiz Book Just for You Learn All
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£9.39
Sourcebooks, Inc Sky Girls
Book Synopsis"A beautiful and inspiring book...fascinatingly told." ? Donna Shirley, former head of the U.S. Mars program, NASAThe exhilarating story of the first women who boldly conquered the skies in the first female cross-country air raceThe year is 1929, and on the eve of America''s Great Depression, nineteen gutsy and passionate pilots soared above the glass ceiling in the very first female cross-country air race. Armed with grit and determination, they crossed thousands of miles in propeller-driven airplanes to defy the naysayers who would say it cannot ? not should not ? be done.From the indomitable Pancho Barnes to the infamous Amelia Earhart, Sky Girls chronicles a defining and previously forgotten moment when some of the first women pilots took their rightful place in the open skies. For a country on the brink of defining change, they would become symbols of hope, daring, and the unstoppable American spirit. And for generations to come, their actions would pave the way for others to step into the brave unknown and learn to fly...Written by female pilot and member of the original Mercury 13 Gene Nora Jessen, Sky Girls celebrates the strength and smarts of these trailblazing women, and sits perfectly on the shelf next to The Radium Girls, Hidden Figures, or Code Girls.
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Sourcebooks, Inc Elizabeth Warren Her Fight Her Work Her Life
Book SynopsisAntonia Felix is the New York Times bestselling author of 17 nonfiction books. She has appeared on many major media outlets including CNN, Fox, NPR, Time, and Newsweek. Antonia serves on the advisory board of Women's Freedom Forum, an educational organization affiliated with the United Nations that provides information about women's rights in the Middle East and Iran. In that role she has conducted research and moderated briefings at the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. She lives in Minneapolis.
£11.99
Sourcebooks, Inc The Woman They Could Not Silence
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£23.79
Hal Leonard Corporation Comedy Songs for Women
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£17.09
Tyndale House Publishers You Are Loved Bible Study Embracing Gods Love for
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£11.69
Tyndale House Publishers Saving My Assassin
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£15.19
Tyndale House Publishers Its Momplicated
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£13.29
Tyndale House Publishers Inspire Praise Bible NLT Feminine Deluxe
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£44.62
Tyndale House Publishers Ripple Effects
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Tyndale House Publishers Girls Club
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£14.24
Tyndale House Publishers Grumpy Mom Takes a Holiday
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Tyndale House Publishers Quiet
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£14.24
Tyndale House Publishers Sis Take a Breath
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£19.79
Tyndale House Publishers The One Year Wisdom for Women Devotional
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£18.99
Kensington Publishing Girl on the Balcony
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£20.40
Scribner Book Company Lady Bird A Biography of Mrs Johnson
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£18.05
Simon & Schuster Dear World
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£15.20
Amazon Publishing Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home
Book SynopsisAn extraordinary memoir of one woman’s fight to find her true self between the life into which she was born and the one she was given. Christiana Mara Coelho was born into extreme poverty in Brazil. After spending the first seven years of her life with her loving mother in the forest caves outside São Paulo and then on the city streets, where they begged for food, she and her younger brother were suddenly put up for adoption. When one door closed on the only life Christiana had ever known and on the woman who protected her with all her heart, a new one opened. As Christina Rickardsson, she’s raised by caring adoptive parents in Sweden, far from the despairing favelas of her childhood. Accomplished and outwardly “normal,” Christina is also filled with rage over what she’s lost and having to adapt to a new reality while struggling with the traumas of her youth. When her world falls apart again as an adult, Christina returns to Brazil to finally confront her past and unlock the truth of what really happened to Christiana Mara Coelho. A memoir of two selves, Never Stop Walking is the moving story of the profound love between families and one woman’s journey from grief and loss to survival and self-discovery.Trade Review“Both candid and compelling, Rickardsson’s story is not only about a woman seeking to heal the fractures inherent in a transnational identity; it is also a moving meditation on poverty, injustice, and the meaning of family. A thought-provoking and humane memoir of survival and self-discovery.” —Kirkus Reviews “A haunting story of balancing identities, Rickardsson’s debut is an unforgettable meditation on the weight of early childhood trauma and recovery.” —Booklist
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Amazon Publishing Future Perfect
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Amazon Publishing Stray: Memoir of a Runaway
Book SynopsisBrutal and beautiful, Stray is the true story of a girl who runs away and finds herself. After growing up in a dysfunctional and emotionally abusive home, Tanya Marquardt runs away on her sixteenth birthday. Her departure is an act of rebellion and survival—whatever she is heading toward has to be better than what she is leaving behind. Struggling with her inner demons, Tanya must learn to take care of herself during two chaotic years in the working-class mill town of Port Alberni, followed by the early-nineties underground goth scene in Vancouver, British Columbia. She finds a chosen family in her fellow misfits, and the bond they form is fierce and unflinching. Told with raw honesty and strength, Stray reveals Tanya’s fight to embrace the vulnerable, beguiling parts of herself and heal the wounds of her past as she forges her own path to a new life.
£12.02
Balboa Press No Time for Fear: My Path to Awakening
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£35.10
Herald Press (VA) Peanut Butter and Dragon Wings: A Mother's Search
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£26.99
InterVarsity Press Mujer de Dios
£9.87
Cognella, Inc Women and Psychology
Book SynopsisWomen and Psychology introduces students to the myriad challenges facing women today as well as the psychological effects these challenges can perpetuate. The anthology outlines key issues both within the United States and abroad to provide readers with a global overview of select female experiences. The collection provides valuable insight into behaviors and practices that cultivate gender discrimination, pulls back the curtain on topics rarely explored by the general public, and empowers students to stand up for justice for women.The text begins with chapters that explore the history of women at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the identity economics of female genital mutilation. Additional chapters address sex differences in emotional communication, the psychological costs of terminating a pregnancy, endometriosis, and the consequences of infertility in developing countries. Students read articles on the emotional and behavioral health of college-aged women, human trafficking, violence against women, and the balance of women and work. The anthology closes with a reading about the importance of feminism in contemporary society.Meant to serve as a supplementary text, Women and Psychology is well-suited for any course that explores the intersection of women and psychology.
£113.05
University of Minnesota Press Brave Enough
Book SynopsisTravel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling journey from America’s heartland to international sports history, navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of glitter Pyeongchang, February 21, 2018. In the nerve-racking final seconds of the women’s team sprint freestyle race, Jessie Diggins dug deep. Blowing past two of the best sprinters in the world, she stretched her ski boot across the finish line and lunged straight into Olympic immortality: the first ever cross-country skiing gold medal for the United States at the Winter Games. The 26-year-old Diggins, a four-time World Championship medalist, was literally a world away from the small town of Afton, Minnesota, where she first strapped on skis. Yet, for all her history-making achievements, she had never strayed far from the scrappy 12-year-old who had insisted on portaging her own canoe through the wilderness, yelling happily under the unwieldy weight on her shoulders: “Look! I’m doing it!” In Brave Enough, Jessie Diggins reveals the true story of her journey from the American Midwest into sports history. With candid charm and characteristic grit, she connects the dots from her free-spirited upbringing in the woods of Minnesota to racing in the bright spotlights of the Olympics. Going far beyond stories of races and ribbons, she describes the challenges and frustrations of becoming a serious athlete; learning how to push through and beyond physical and psychological limits; and the intense pressure of competing at the highest levels. She openly shares her harrowing struggle with bulimia, recounting both the adversity and how she healed from it in order to bring hope and understanding to others experiencing eating disorders. Between thrilling accounts of moments of triumph, Diggins shows the determination it takes to get there—the struggles and disappointments, the fun and the hard work, and the importance of listening to that small, fierce voice: I can do it. I am brave enough.Trade Review "Jessie Diggins was an elite athlete long before she became an Olympic gold medalist. In Brave Enough, she shows world-class courage by sharing the truth about her eating disorder, her therapy, and the multitude of challenges, doubts, fears, and assorted bogeymen that are so often an untold part of the journey to greatness. She deserves another gold medal for her honesty and her inspiration."—Wayne Coffey, New York Times best-selling author of The Boys of Winter* "I’m honored to have played a role in inspiring Jessie on her journey to Olympic Gold. Brave Enough is a befitting title for this brutally honest and powerful story. As an athlete, Jessie was brave enough to win on the world’s biggest sporting stage. As a writer, she is brave enough to share a raw, heart-wrenching, nothing-held-back look at the struggles she went through to succeed. It’s an inspiring story, worthy of gold."—Jackie Joyner-Kersee "Already an inspiration to us all, Jessie once again shows her courage to leave it all on the track by sharing her deeply personal story. Readers will be encouraged by how one woman created a path forward for herself—and helped and uplifted so many in the process."—Ann Bancroft "Brave Enough is a powerful story that shows that striving for excellence can be essential in sport, yet not even Olympic champions are immune from its unforeseen destructive consequences. With admirable vulnerability, Jessie demonstrates how to be a leader and ‘best teammate’ while also being open to help and support from others. Her story motivates all of us, and she gives us hope and real tools to tackle our biggest challenges. I have never been more proud of my teammate and friend . . . not only has Jessie defeated foes on the race trails but she has courageously conquered the demons in her mind to become a true champion. She is an inspiration for everyone!"—Kikkan Randall, Olympic Champion and World Champion "Jessie has one of the most infectiously positive and bubbly personalities of anyone I have ever met. That, combined with her fierce drive and unwavering grit, is what makes her an inspiration to so many people, including myself, but I never realized just how inspiring she truly is until I read this book. World, meet the force that is Jessie Diggins."—Mikaela Shiffrin, Olympic Champion and World Champion Table of ContentsContentsPrologue: I Can Do It Myself 1. Snow Baby2. Wild Child3. Super Speed4. Thunder Bay5. The Stillwater Way6. Pain Cave7. The Great Balancing Act8. To Ski or Not to Ski9. Slow Spiral10. The Emily Program11. Never Alone12. Blood, Sweat, and Tears13. The National Team14. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles15. Because 96 Isn’t 10016. From Sochi, with Love17. Give It All You Got18. Know When to Fold ’Em19. PyeongChang20. Brave Hearts21. Let’s Go Get It22. One Team23. Here Be Dragons24. Coming Home; or, The Week I Masqueraded As a Rock StarEpilogueAcknowledgments
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University of Minnesota Press Tove Jansson
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University of Minnesota Press Elizabeth Scheu Close
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers The Influence Effect: A New Path to Power for
Book SynopsisWomen hold over half of all professional jobs today, yet they represent just four percent of CEOs in the S&P 500. Even worse, that percentage has barely budged in a decade. That’s where The Influence Effect comes in. Based on recent research by the authors of the New York Times bestseller Break Your Own Rules, this book begins with the premise that when it comes to political savvy, what works for men at work won’t work for women. Packed with the authors’ coaching insights and their “Big Five” strategies designed specifically for female executives, this book guides women to break past political barriers and get right to what they really want—influence. Authors Kathryn Heath, Jill Flynn, Mary Davis Holt, and Diana Faison make success far less complex, helping women overcome entrenched resistance to their ideas, create their own access points to power, and attract followers in a way that works for them. They present tools such as Influence Loops (to organically increase influence), Personal Scaffolding (to grow a groundswell of support), and Scenario Thinking (a savvy twist on strategic planning). These and other smart strategies finally allow women to succeed on their own terms. Illustrated with dozens of engaging, real stories culled from the authors’ many years of coaching experience, The Influence Effect moves women past the politics problem and offers a new path to power. Actually, it’s more than a path—it’s a runway—it frees women to take off in their careers on their own terms. The Influence Effect will work for women, not because gender barriers will no longer exist, but because they will no longer hold women back.
£19.55
Alfred A. Knopf Daily Rituals: Women at Work
Book SynopsisMore of Mason Currey''s irresistible Daily Rituals, this time exploring the daily obstacles and rituals of women who are artists--painters, composers, sculptors, scientists, filmmakers, and performers. We see how these brilliant minds get to work, the choices they have to make: rebuffing convention, stealing (or secreting away) time from the pull of husbands, wives, children, obligations, in order to create their creations. From those who are the masters of their craft (Eudora Welty, Lynn Fontanne, Penelope Fitzgerald, Marie Curie) to those who were recognized in a burst of acclaim (Lorraine Hansberry, Zadie Smith) . . . from Clara Schumann and Shirley Jackson, carving out small amounts of time from family life, to Isadora Duncan and Agnes Martin, rejecting the demands of domesticity, Currey shows us the large and small (and abiding) choices these women made--and continue to make--for their art: Isak Dinesen, "I promised the Devil my soul, and in return he promised me that everything I was going to experience would be turned into tales," Dinesen subsisting on oysters and Champagne but also amphetamines, which gave her the overdrive she required . . . And the rituals (daily and otherwise) that guide these artists: Isabel Allende starting a new book only on January 8th . . . Hilary Mantel taking a shower to combat writers'' block ("I am the cleanest person I know") . . . Tallulah Bankhead coping with her three phobias (hating to go to bed, hating to get up, and hating to be alone), which, could she "mute them," would make her life "as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water" . . . Lillian Hellman chain-smoking three packs of cigarettes and drinking twenty cups of coffee a day--and, after milking the cow and cleaning the barn, writing out of "elation, depression, hope" ("That is the exact order. Hope sets in toward nightfall. That''s when you tell yourself that you''re going to be better the next time, so help you God.") . . . Diane Arbus, doing what "gnaws at" her . . . Colette, locked in her writing room by her first husband, Henry Gauthier-Villars (nom de plume: Willy) and not being "let out" until completing her daily quota (she wrote five pages a day and threw away the fifth). Colette later said, "A prison is one of the best workshops" . . . Jessye Norman disdaining routines or rituals of any kind, seeing them as "a crutch" . . . and Octavia Butler writing every day no matter what ("screw inspiration"). Germaine de Staël . . . Elizabeth Barrett Browning . . . George Eliot . . . Edith Wharton . . . Virginia Woolf . . . Edna Ferber . . . Doris Lessing . . . Pina Bausch . . . Frida Kahlo . . . Marguerite Duras . . . Helen Frankenthaler . . . Patti Smith, and 131 more--on their daily routines, superstitions, fears, eating (and drinking) habits, and other finely (and not so finely) calibrated rituals that help summon up willpower and self-discipline, keeping themselves afloat with optimism and fight, as they create (and avoid creating) their creations.
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Penguin Books Ltd On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living
Book Synopsis“[A] powerful account of hearing loss and learning to communicate in a new way—through yoga, gratitude and radical honesty.” —People, “The Best New Books” Centered around the touchstone stories Jen tells in her popular workshops, On Being Human is the story of how a starved person grew into the exuberant woman she was meant to be all along by battling the demons within and winning. Jen did not intend to become a yoga teacher, but when she finally left her thirteen-year waitressing job and said yes to her first workshop, it was a choice that changed her life. After years of feeling depressed, anxious, and hopeless in a life that seemed to have no escape, she healed her own heart by caring for others. Since then, she has learned to fiercely listen despite being nearly deaf, to banish shame attached to a body mass index, and to rebuild a family after the debilitating loss of her father when she was eight. Through her journey, Jen conveys the experience most of us are missing in our lives: being heard and being told “I got you.” Exuberant, triumphantly messy, and brave, On Being Human is a celebration of happiness and self-realization over darkness and doubt. Her complicated yet imperfectly perfect life path is an inspiration to live outside the box and to reject the all-too-common belief of “I am not enough.” Jen will help readers find, accept, and embrace their own vulnerability, bravery, and humanness.
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