Death of a Dancer!: Pcos in a Dancer's World!!! [Hardcover]

J. Hildegarde (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1403330530 | ISBN-13: 978-1403330536 | Publication Date: December 2002

Death of a Dancer focuses on the true-life events of the author's never-ending Tango with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and the disturbing effects of PCOS on the lives of women and their families. A detailed and informative reader.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 108 pages
• Publisher: Authorhouse (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1403330530
• ISBN-13: 978-1403330536
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,214,534 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars disappointed, January 7, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Death of a Dancer!: Pcos in a Dancer's World!!! (Hardcover)

I was kind of upset when I got this book in the mail today. I got my hopes up from the previous person who reviewed the book. I do agree that high school girls might benefit from reading this, but only if more techincal information had been included. I am not exactly sure how the book was even published, being that there are approximately 3 typos that are blatantly obvious due to the large print and triple spacing. I myself have PCOS and was looking for something/someone to identify with and this was definitely not the answer. I am very sorry that I wasted $13 on something I read in 25 minutes.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Book is not of value to you!!!!!!!!!!!, July 11, 2005

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This review is from: Death of a Dancer!: Pcos in a Dancer's World!!! (Paperback)

Please do not waste your money! After reading the online reviews I had a bookstore special order this book for me (they didn't carry it). I read the book at the store since it's so short and triple spaced with big print. Then I nicely handed it back to them and said No thanks!
First of all, the book has a ton of typos. More than once she refers to PCOS as POCS. POCS! Did they even proof read? It's very low quality.
Second, the book is not in chronological order, so it's hard to really understand this personal expierience. It's very repetitive and repeats the same points.
Third, PCOS does entail many issues with the body, however I felt like this person kept refering to emotional/mental issues. While I certainly agree these are a huge part of PCOS, this writer seems to have other mental issues going on. (Seriously, no offense is meant by this.) Just that she simply goes on an on about how everyone with PCOS will call home from college and drop out. So, it's a little ridiculous.....not everyone is going to have the same expierience. And she did not really focus a lot on other issues with PCOS.
This book is very poor quality, poorly written, and edited. Please check it out from a library. You will see it's not worthwhile. It does not give good information, or even a clear picture of the condition, or ways to overcome.
I would not recommend this to a young reader, even though it's an easy read- as it is extremely negative.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely disappointing, April 25, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Death of a Dancer!: Pcos in a Dancer's World!!! (Hardcover)

I was excited to find a book on PCOS that was a full-length personal account, but this book was surprisingly disappointing. Like the previous reviewer mentioned, there are numerous typing and grammar mistakes that distract the reader. I could ignore one or two, but there are several per page. I also found the book to be poorly organized (not by aspect of disease, not even chronologically!). It offers very little in the way of factual information; in fact, the author makes some unsubstantiated assertions that could be dangerous if readers take them as fact.

The book was neither informative nor enjoyable. Women would be better off reading some of the more biomedically-based books, intimidated or not. I had high hopes for "Death of a Dancer", but it fell short.