Good girls do swallow - Softcover

Rachael Oakes-Ash

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840184809 ISBN 13: 9781840184808

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

Between the ages of 20 and 30, Rachael Oakes-Ash lost 60kg and gained 76kg on a rollercoaster of body image problems and food obsession. She went through anorexia, bulimia, bulimarexia, gym obsession, strict dieting and binge eating before finally she figured out how to stop torturing herself and hating her body. This is the black and funny story of her downfall and recovery. Rachael might have taken things further than many of us, but this is a story every woman can relate to. In Australia, 75 per cent of women think they are too fat and 95 per cent of women have dieted (even though dieting is the best way to put on weight). You might not have rescued food from the bin in a moment of binge-madness but if you've ever felt lousy and reached for a chocolate biscuit for comfort this book is for you. "What the diet promised, I got," writes Rachael. "I got the body that can wear the clothes. I got the job I love, I got the man I want. But I only got it for keeps when I stopped dieting. "Good Girls Do Swallow" shows how she did it. And how you can, too.

About this title

About the Author:

Rachel Oakes-Ash is well-known radio and television personality in her native Australia. After her 'thirty is the new twenty' crisis, she began freelancing as a writer and has been published in Marie Claire, New Woman, Women's Health and the Sunday Telegraph. Rachel was awarded the Australia Council ASA Mentorship for 1999 for Good Girls Do Swallow.

Review:

"Brave, funny and comfortingly honest . . . every woman will identify" -- Marian Keyes "Searingly honest and important . . . in Good Girls Do Swallow many a true word is spoken ingest" -- Kathy Lette "Highly entertaining but deadly serious" -- Amy Jenkins "Good Girls Do Swallow is for any woman who's ever eaten chocolate and felt guilty about it, whether she is a size 8 or 16" * Marie Claire * "Honest and very amusing. A definite on your book shop list" * Sunday Telegraph *

About this edition

• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1840184809
• ISBN 13: 9781840184808
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 189