{"product_id":"growing-up-unacceptable-signe-a-dayhoff-9780967126548","title":"Growing Up Unacceptable: How Katharine Hepburn Rescued Me","description":"When Signe Dayhoff is seven years old, she is told she is \"unacceptable\" by the father she desperately seeks to make love her. Because of his own deep-seated problems, he bullies her: blaming, belittling, criticizing, and emotionally abandoning her. Decades of this abuse leave her with the scars of social anxiety, anger, distrust, and low self-confidence. However, she is a survivor. That small voice in the inner reaches of her brain tells her she can, somehow, make herself \"acceptable to be loved\"-whatever that is supposed to mean. As she struggles to accomplish this nebulous goal, her efforts are not always smart or useful, and are sometimes self-sabotaging. Still she learns and grows.Intuitively she knows she needs a bold, larger-than-life image with which her inner-self can identify. That isn't her brow-beaten mother. As a result, she recruits Katharine Hepburn's strong, assertive, no-nonsense movie persona as her role model. Soon her mantra becomes, \"What would Katharine Hepburn do in this situation?\" This often leads to some amusing scenarios.Serious, humorous, and adventure-filled, this autobiographical novel follows the author on her rollercoaster ride of self-discovery about what acceptability means and \"whose\" acceptability really matters. Ultimately she overcomes her past and forges for herself kick-butt empowerment and a compassionate recovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Signe A. Dayhoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0967126541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780967126548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Effectiveness-Plus Publications LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Signe A. Dayhoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135259885823,"sku":"9780967126548","price":11.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f964c652-fed3-41d7-9d3a-41077f14dcee.jpg?v=1755009614","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/growing-up-unacceptable-signe-a-dayhoff-9780967126548","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}