Title:
This messy magnificent life : a field guide
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ISBN:
9781501182464
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Description:
xv, 202 pages ; 23 cm
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.
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."--From dust jacket flap.
A compelling and often quirky look at what it means to be an imperfect but unapologetic woman living a (mostly) magnificent life. With humour, compassion, and insight, this book explores 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. This provocative, enchanting, and sometimes laugh-out-loud look at the imperfect path women take to step into their own power, presence, and ownership.
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