{"product_id":"stick-figure-a-diary-of-my-former-self-9781439148907","title":"Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self","description":"\u003cb\u003eLori Gottlieb--psychotherapist, national advice columnist, and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMaybe You Should Talk To Someone\u003c\/i\u003e--shares her \"gripping\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) chronicle of adolescent anorexia that \"stands out as a fresh, edgy take...on that perilous time in a girl's life when she's no longer a child but not quite an adult (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a girl growing up in Beverly Hills in 1978, the motto \"You can never be too rich or too thin\" is writ large. Precocious Lori learns her lessons well, so when she's told that \"real women don't eat dessert\" and \"no one could ever like a girl who has thunder thighs,\" she decides to become a paragon of dieting. Soon Lori has become the \"stick figure\" she's longed to resemble. But then what? \u003ci\u003eStick Figure\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a gripping journey, as Lori struggles to reclaim both her body and her spirit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns painful and wry, Lori's efforts to reconcile the conflicting messages society sends women ring as true today as when she first recorded these impressions. \"One diet book says that if you drink three full glasses of water one hour before every meal to fill yourself up, you'll lose a pound a day. Another book says that once you start losing weight, everyone will ask, 'How did you do it?' but you shouldn't tell them because it's 'your little secret.' Then right above that part it says, \u003ci\u003e'New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller.' Some secret.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the author's childhood journals, \u003ci\u003eStick Figure\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a smart, funny, compassionate\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) tale that delivers an engrossing glimpse into the mind of a girl in transition to adulthood and a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of living up to society's expectations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGottlieb, Lori:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author who writes \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic'\u003c\/i\u003es weekly \"Dear Therapist\" advice column. A contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, she also writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and has appeared on the \u003ci\u003eTODAY\u003c\/i\u003e show, \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCBS This Morning\u003c\/i\u003e, CNN, and NPR. Learn more at LoriGottlieb.com or by following her @LoriGottlieb1 on Twitter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566499959058,"sku":"9781439148907","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b2edc0b9-f4ed-48d7-a527-da6d9242b530.jpg?v=1746297797","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stick-figure-a-diary-of-my-former-self-9781439148907","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}