This Messy Magnificent Life : : a Field Guide

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Call Number: 158.1 Ro, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Self-Help / General / Roth, Geneen
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Westgate Branch

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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.
"[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.

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This Messy Magnificent Life : : a Field Guide submitted by sandri on August 22, 2018, 1:03pm great book a love it. How your choices mark your life for ever.

Surprisingly pleased submitted by katwallevand on August 7, 2019, 11:32am Grabbed this title on a whim from one of the front shelves and couldn't put it down once I started, amazingly informative and reflective

Excellent submitted by smgop on July 14, 2021, 2:32pm I have long appreciated Geneen Roth's work - this was a beautiful, reflective work gleaned from much life experience.