Bibliograph

This messy magnificent life, a field guide, Geneen Roth

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Label

This messy magnificent life, a field guide, Geneen Roth

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

This messy magnificent life

Oclc number

994410584

Responsibility statement

Geneen Roth

Sub title

a field guide

Summary

"[E]xplores the personal beliefs, hidden traumas, and social pressures that shape not just women's feelings about their bodies, but also their confidence, choices, and relationships."--Dust jacket flap

Table Of Contents

Introduction / by Anne Lamott -- Prologue: Dropping the Me Project -- Part one: Around the table -- Manna -- The last bite -- Lasting weight loss -- Heavenly bodies -- If I were Gloria Steinem -- The Red String Project -- In the end -- Part two: Through the mind -- Zen mind, puppy mind -- Be kind to the ghost children -- Hoodwinked by suffering -- The four-month virus -- Hummingbirds on my fingers -- Crushed starts -- What remains -- Part three: Into the sublime -- A big quiet -- The breaths I have left -- Waiting for the apocalypse -- What isn't wrong -- The blue vest -- Not minding what happens -- Snorkeling in the night sky -- Epilogue: Stop waiting to be ready -- Last words: Touchstones for breaking the trance

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Contributor