| Appetites: On the Search for True Nourishment Contributor(s): Roth, Geneen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0452276799 ISBN-13: 9780452276796 Publisher: Plume Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1997 Annotation: Geneen Roth's bestselling "When Food Is Love" profoundly explored the relationship between eating and intimacy in women's lives. Now in "Appetites", she takes the themes of longing, self-denial, and nourishment and puts them into the broader context of women's experience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - Eating Disorders - Psychology | Interpersonal Relations - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 158.108 |
| LCCN: 96010801 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.25" W x 7.94" (0.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: #1 New York Times bestselling author of Women Food and God Roth speaks of issues that, chauvinism aside, only women can truly understand and identify with. In the past, her books were about food, weight, dieting, and the almost universal obsession that women have with their bodies and self-esteem. Now her canvas of introspection and discussion has expanded: eight chapters examine the nature of women's friendships, the craving to be famous, the longing for safety, and the search for a parallel life (or the perfect fantasy), among other topics. Based on intensely personal experiences, written with intensely emotional and intellectually probing prose, Roth's book pushes far beyond the issue of weight to ask what will make women happy. Her not-so-easy answers, divined from decades of therapy, of experiential beingness, of Buddhist practice, will speak to many. Roth tells of her own experiences with a non-blink frankness cushioned by the gracefulness of her prose.--Chicago Tribune Just the right mix of confession, sass, and style.--Publishers Weekly |