Author:
Geneen Roth

Brief summary:
I am going to quote from the inside cover: "Geneen Roth is the author of five best-selling books including 'When food is Love', 'Feeding the Hungry Heart', 'Appetites', 'Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating', and 'Why Weight?' A pioneer in the anti-diet movement, Roth teaches workshops across the country to help men and women understand and change their approach to food and weight issues."

From the back cover: ..."Roth tackles the secret ways in which we undermine our best intentions. She shows us fifty simple, effective ways to feel gorgeous and powerful no matter what---in chapters such as:

-Learn to Recognize a Fat-and-Ugly Attack

-Retail Therapy is As Important As the Other Kind

-Carry a Chunk of Chocolate Everywhere

-Remember that Thin People Have Cellulite, Get Old, and Die

---and much more.

'When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair' is the book for anyone who has ever had a second thought about their body weight or appearance."

My single favorite chapter is titled "When There Are Tigers Above You, and Tigers Below You, Eat a Ripe Strawberry."

Food issues begin in childhood. While the reading level and issues are geared to adults, children can surely benefit if the adults who love them read the book cover to cover, with an open heart and mind, and implement some of the suggestions within. Parents struggling with their own issues can find gentle encouragement, as they struggle to care for Self and preserve sanity, in a sometimes Insane world.

Take a highlight marker to the pages, and re-read the passages that speak to you most deeply, again and again. This book is smaller than Roth's past books, light in spirit and ready to go with you as you Take On the World!

Subject matter:
Health & Safety
Family Relationships
Special Needs
Work & Family

Appropriate for...
For parents of elementary school kids
For parents of middle school kids
For parents of high school kids & older

Type(s) of parent(s) for whom this book is most relevant:
All Parents