{"product_id":"the-good-body-eve-ensler-9780812974737","title":"The Good Body","description":"Botox, bulimia, breast implants: Eve Ensler, author of the international sensation \u003ci\u003eThe Vagina Monologues\u003c\/i\u003e, is back, this time to rock our view of what it means to have a \"good body.\" \"In the 1950s,\" Eve writes, girls were \"pretty, perky. They had a blond Clairol wave in their hair. They wore girdles and waist-pinchers. . . . In recent years good girls join the army. They climb the corporate ladder. They go to the gym. . . . They wear painful pointy shoes. They don't eat too much. They . . . don't eat at all. They stay perfect. They stay thin. I could never be good.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Good Body \u003c\/i\u003estarts with Eve's tortured relationship with her own \"post-forties\" stomach and her skirmishes with everything from Ab Rollers to fad diets and fascistic trainers in an attempt get the \"flabby badness\" out. As Eve hungrily seeks self-acceptance, she is joined by the voices of women from L.A. to Kabul, whose obsessions are also laid bare: A young Latina candidly critiques her humiliating \"spread,\" a stubborn layer of fat that she calls \"a second pair of thighs.\" The wife of a plastic surgeon recounts being systematically reconstructed-inch by inch-by her \"perfectionist\" husband. An aging magazine executive, still haunted by her mother's long-ago criticism, describes her desperate pursuit of youth as she relentlessly does sit-ups. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, Eve also introduces us to women who have found a hard-won peace with their bodies: an African mother who celebrates each individual body as signs of nature's diversity; an Indian woman who transcends \"treadmill mania\" and delights in her plump cheeks and curves; and a veiled Afghani woman who is willing to risk imprisonment for a taste of ice cream. These are just a few of the inspiring stories woven through Eve's global journey from obsession to enlightenment. Ultimately, these monologues become a personal wake-up call from Eve to love the \"good bodies\" we inhabit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eve Ensler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812974735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812974737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.18w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2005 pg. 113","brand":"Eve Ensler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926373597439,"sku":"9780812974737","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a34ad72e-68be-46f4-9377-9f7b33cf7b94.jpg?v=1681082718","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-good-body-eve-ensler-9780812974737","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}