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More to Love

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More to Love, by Elizabeth Patch, is a BEAUTIFUL book.

Each paragraph contains an outstanding life-message. The illustrations are beautiful and inspiring and should be hanging in museums as a tribute to well-rounded women everywhere.

I hope we see much, much more from Elizabeth Patch.

Elizabeth Patch's charming illustrations show modern plus-size women dealing with every day situations with a positive attitude, and her writings condense complex feelings into short, memorable text(without getting all "New Age" or too sweet).It's hard to pick a favorite page, but I really love the illustration of a woman at the mall holding up a teeny tiny pair of jeans; the accompanying text is "SILLY QUESTION: Should I really hate myself because of the size of my jeans?" Or maybe its the QueenSize Queen on her throne or the "Dream On" Rocker girl, or the wildly costumed Apple & Pear shaped ladies...Her illustrations should do for big girls what "Maxine"did for crabby old ladies: give us a bunch of fun characters that we can relate to and love! I will keep this little book on my desk for whenever I am in a bad mood. I give it a 4 only because I wish it was longer!

More to Love by Elizabeth Patch is a book I think everyone should own. Most of my childhood, my teenage years, and my young adulthood I dealt with feelings of inferiority, low self-esteem, and a VERY negative self image - all because of how I looked. I always thought I was too fat, my nose was too big, my chest was too flat, I was too short, etc. I never knew how to be happy with myself and accept what I was given - until therapy - ha. Anyway, I wish I had this book to refer to when I was feeling down - it would've helped tremendously. The lessons taught in this book are what thousands of dollars of therapy did for me. This would've been a lot less expensive and a lot more fun - just look at the adorable illustrations, the bright, happy colors, and the self-affirming statements! Thank you, Elizabeth Patch, for making all of us who may never be on the cover of Vogue believe that we are beautiful and worthwhile just as we are!!

I've read a lot of books on the topic of body image and self esteem for plus-size women. Some are angry, some are funny, some study the topic in detail with lots of statistics and footnotes, some give techniques for visualizing a new body, other give techniques for dissolving the very real pain that comes with being fat in a thin-centric society, and many are stories about "How I learned to love myself even though I had a miserably unhappy childhood as a fat girl". This book,however, is quite different in 2 ways. First, the writing is short, sweet and to the point. Who can beat a line like "Fat is not a word that fits me"? And second, the illustrations are just adorable! A great gift book for any woman on your list who could use a smile.

Elizabeth Patch and her book "More to Love" is a fantastic tool for parents and teachers and to share far and wide to help improve girls and women self esteem and overall perception of body image. In the 21st century it is more important than ever for girls and women to be empowered in regards to body image and what is healthy and to understand what is most important is to be healthy no matter what size or shape one's body is. Wonderful and kudos to Elizabeth for this book that is making a big difference internationally!

This is a fantastic, thoughtful and warm book! I got a copy of this book for my mother (I already have my own) and hope that it will help her on her journey to self love and acceptance. This book would be a great gift for anyone struggling with their own journey.

The illustrations are beautiful and the observations are spot on. I need to order several more books - at least 2 more for me so I can frame the pictures and messages and hang them throughout my home!! My thanks to Elizabeth Patch for creating such a wonderful vehicle for the mantra "More of heart. More of soul. More of mind. More of me. More to Love!"

This book is such a self-esteem booster! It really has good, common-sense approaches to the bad thoughts almost ALL western women have about their bodies, along with great illustrations of average size women in positive settings (so rare to see in today's age of size 2 models & actresses!) Any time I start to beat up on myself for not being "perfect", I just pull out this book for a smile and a breath of fresh air. My favorite's are "Girl Talk", "New Point of View", and "Summer Pleasures".

Too much these days all we see are women who look like as my husband say; "She should eat a sandwich." Forced with these images in our heads everywhere we look it's impossible to look in the mirror and not feel huge, even when we are not, I'm a size 14, this book lets us forgive and enjoy ourselves for who we are.

It creates a positive image for women who've not worn a size 2 since they were 2! It's inspiring and joyful and must have for any woman who thinks they are not attractive just because they are not a single digit size.