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What Magazines Taught Me About Love, Sex, and Starting Over
Atria
July 2008
On Sale: July 1, 2008
336 pages
ISBN: 0743288408
EAN: 9780743288408
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
By age thirty-seven, Cathy Alter had made a mess of her
life. With a failed marriage already under her belt, she was
continuing down the path of poor decisions, one paved with a
steady stream of junk food, unpaid bills, questionable
friends, and highly inappropriate men. So she sat down and
asked herself what she truly wanted. A decent guy. A
nicer home. More protein. When she took a closer look at
her wants, she noticed something that seemed very familiar
-- with the addition of exclamation points, her list could
easily be transformed into the cover lines on every women's
magazine: Find the love you deserve! Paint to the rescue!
Eggs-actly perfect meals! So Cathy gave over her life to
the glossies for the next twelve months, resolving to follow
their advice without question. By the end of her
subscriptions, she would get rid of upper-arm jiggle, crawl
out of debt, host the perfect dinner party, run a mile
without puking, engage in better bathtub booty, ask for a
raise, and rehaul her apartment. Well, at least that was
the premise of her social experiment. What actually happened
was much less about cosmetic change and much more about
internal transformation. Singular in its voice and yet
completely universal, Up for Renewal will appeal to
all who have ever wondered if they could actually make their
life over.
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