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Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: How the Quest for Perfection is Harming Young Women Reprint Edition

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley; Reprint edition (September 2, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0425223361
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425223369
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1 x 8.2 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsUnique take on the subject
By Nikki on December 21, 2008
Format: Paperback
This book feels really personal, as though you're having an intimate conversation. The research is also top notch. It's a great book to read if you are a woman and have ever been insecure about your body, especially if you are under 30. While the author and I would have run in different social circles in school, I really identified with the issues facing young women today.
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3.0 out of 5 starsAn okay book about eating disorders, not the best.
By Suze on February 12, 2009
Format: Paperback
I found the author's insights to be a little vacuous. Her angle (for a large portion of the book) is that there haven't been many books about eating disorders in 'our generation.' That is, most of the other books (autobiographical or otherwise) aren't up to date.

I can agree with that, but she falls short of saying much else that hasn't already been said (for example, "Gaining: the Truth About Life After Eating Disorders" has a lot of the same study data, and gives pretty similar personal accounts).

She references contemporary problems, cites works like "Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture," (a book I would recommend), but doesn't go much further than that.
My overall impression of "Perfect Girls" was just, 'hey, I'm a 20-something, I'm aware there are cultural, social, psychological and physiological issues related to the prevalence of eating disorders, and here's some data from other people that may or may not be relevant.' I don't think this is a badly written book, or that it doesn't provide solid information about eating disorders, but the only NEW thing it has to offer is it's publishing date.
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5.0 out of 5 starsPerfect Girls, Starving Daughters Review
By Sarah on April 11, 2013
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If you read this book with an open mind, there is not one person who wouldn't benefit from it. It's an in-depth description/study on some of the main topics circulating around eating disorders. Courtney structured the book topic by topic or rather, chapter by chapter, and for each new section she made sure to mention some real life stories alongside how people are handling or not handling it and how it affects the young girls suffering from these disorders or are bordering that uncompromisable leap. She does so in a very respectful manner because stepping on anyone's toes, especially in a matter so difficult and sensitive as eating disorders, is no where near helpful or motivational.

Some of the topics focused on are the father-daughter/mother-daughter connection, the media's influence, sexual drive in correlation to society, spirituality, the college years, the years after college and many more. Overall I highly recommend this book for anyone because the information is vital in helping everyone to be culturally competent when it comes to eating disorders. People will learn that there is no rhyme or reason when finding a causation and how the real topic at hand is not the outer display of disarray, but the inner turmoil paired up with that drive to be "perfect."

Any downfalls?
--She makes slight mention of men suffering from eating disorders, but it is definitely a book primarily based around girls and women who struggle with them. Yet this is not to say men can't read this book and take anything away from it--that is definitely NOT the case. Society, as a whole, influences what is around them, and as much as people (both male and female) like to think, eating disorders are not just a problem for one half of the population.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent condition, took too long to arrive
By UReader on February 1, 2009
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This book is clearly brand new, but it took longer than I would have liked to arrive. Otherwise, thanks very much!
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