{"product_id":"the-good-body-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEVE ENSLER is an internationally acclaimed playwright whose many works for the stage include \u003ci\u003eFloating Rhonda and the Glue Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLemonade, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNecessary Targets, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Vagina Monologues\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received an Obie Award. Performances of \u003ci\u003eThe Vagina Monologues\u003c\/i\u003e, sponsored by V-Day (www.vday.org), have raised $25 million to stop violence against abused women and girls around the world. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328685773074,"sku":"9780812974737","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_41097232-c07e-44e7-856d-4514571d983c.jpg?v=1727748625","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-good-body-9780812974737","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}