Daphne Durham
Audacious author Lauren Myracle accomplishes something of a literary miracle in her second young-adult novel, ttyl (Internet instant messaging shorthand for "talk to you later"), as she crafts an epistolary novel entirely out of IM transcripts between three high-school girls.
Far from being precious, the format proves perfect for accurately capturing the sweet histrionics and intimate intricacies of teenage girls. Grownups (and even teenage boys) might feel as if they've intercepted a raw feed from Girl Secret Headquarters, as the book's three protagonists--identified by their screen names "SnowAngel," "zoegirl," and "mad maddie"--tough their way through a rough-and-tumble time in high school. Conversations range from the predictable (clothes, the delicate high-school popularity ecosystem, boys, boys in French class, boys in Old Navy commercials, etc.) to the the jarringly explicit (the girls discuss female ejaculation: "some girls really do, tho. i read it in our bodies, ourselves") and the unintentionally hilarious (Maddie's IM reduction of the Christian poem "Footprints"--"oh, no, my son. no, no, no. i was carrying u, don't u c?").
But Myracle's triumph in ttyl comes in leveraging the language-stretching idiom of e-mail, text messaging, and IM. Reaching to express themselves, the girls communicate almost as much through punctuation and syntactical quirks as with words: "SnowAngel: 'cuz--drumroll, please--ROB TYLER is in my french class!!! *breathes deeply, with hand to throbbing bosom* on friday we have to do "une dialogue" together. i get to ask for a bite of his hot dog.'"
Myracle already proved her command of teenage girl-ness with Kissing Kate, but the self-imposed convention of ttyl allows a subtlety that is even more brilliant. Parents might like reading the book just to quantify how out of touch they are, but teens will love the winning, satisfyingly dramatic tale of this tumultuous trio. (Ages 13 to 17) --Paul Hughes
Book Description
The runaway bestseller now in paperback!
An epistolary novel for the 21st century, this sharp, funny, and true-to-life breakout hit about friendship is told entirely in instant messages. And Internet-savvy teens have fallen in love with flirty Angela (SnowAngel), moody Maddie (mad maddie), and good girl Zoe (zoegirl) and their frank perceptions about a tumultuous tenth-grade semester. Now perfectly priced for its audience, the paperback is being released alongside Myracle's brand-new hardcover novel, Rhymes with Witches. AUTHOR BIO: In addition to ttyl, Lauren Myracle is the author of three other novels, including her latest, Rhymes with Witches. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College and lives in Colorado.
Customer Reviews:
This book is about commitment,.......2007-09-16
the commitment of three teenage girls to their friendship, which is tested by their various reactions to their own weaknesses. While the style of the writing is now, which would lend one to think that it won't be popular in thirty years, the teenage girls are, by and large, the same as teenage girls were when I was one thirty years ago, which makes it a classic sort of story to me. Moreover, I find similar characters, though not similar circumstances (obviously), in the writings of Jane Austen. This isn't the downfall of our culture, it's a picture of it; and it isn't just a picture of America today, it's a picture of teenage girls whenever and wherever they live.
Wasted potential.......2007-09-09
The potential that this book could have is so high. It's a great concept - and something that its audience can relate to. However, it barely scratches the surface of the potential that the format could have. Although it feels a bit realistic, it almost feels like there's too much energy focused on the "plot", and not enough on, you know, what people actually talk about over IM.
The ending feels rushed - not everything gets completely resolved, and it almost feels like a deux ex machina. Not a very good book.
Great books!!.......2007-08-17
TTYL is a great book and is really hard to put down. Even though its in IM, you can still understand it. I just finished TTFN (the 2nd book) and cant wait to see what happens to Angela, Zoe, and Maddie in the final book!! Parents seem not to like these books but they are great. Any teenage girl would love them!!
The excitment and plot never pick up.......2007-07-23
First off, let me just say that-- and I am a bit ashamed of this fact-- I did not actually finish this book, but don't let that stop you from reading my opinion. I read almost all the way through but after I was about 3/4 of the way through it still had NOT picked up.
It starts ordinarily enough. After I was about a quarter of the way through it started to get a little annoying that not much seemed to be happening. One had a byfriend, one was a little TOO close to a teacher, and one was turning on her friends and liking her ex-enemy, a ditzy popular girl from the school. Big whoop. It sounds pretty good but I swear that's all it is. By the end a little something happens to peak the reader's interest, but it is soon lost.
After finishing prematurly I asked a friend who read it how it ended, and I was almost glad that I didn't finish. On a later date, for reference purposes, I scanned the end, I still didn't like it. The friend whom I asked for a review did like it, but she only reads about two books a year so she may just think it's a fine piece of literature (such a sad fact as she is so bright).
This is advertised as having an intriguing format; everything is written completely in IMs. This is what got me hooked at first, that and some convincing words here on amazon. But, it never occured to me that if you're going to use IMs you won't get any descriptions. Seriously, every once in a while the author throws you a bone and describes some clothing or actions or something along those lines. Some people may like using their imaginations, but all they do is talk about what they think of things. Plus, half of the converstations are, "Hey, r u there?" "Yeah, I am," and "Oops I have 2 go!" then "Goodbye!" I found this to be very wearing.
I had also read in reviews that the "author used text lingo well" okay, now let me just say, anyone who calls it text "lingo" isn't really qualified to say anything about it. But the most there is might be a properly formed and punctuation sentece with "2" or "u" instead of some other words. I mean please, I don't know any one group of three girls who would talk like that online.
So, we have established that it was boring, and the author didn't really pull me in with her good usages of "text lingo" but on top of it all I didn't like the characters. This book got so many rave reviews, several of which spoke of the indiviuality of the girls I thought they were just made opposite in a pathetic attempt to make them different, but I could still recognize the common voice of the author. It also brought to mind a question --upon seeing their strikingly different views on things such as church and relationships with varous people--: Why in the world would these girls EVER be friends?? It just made everything so unbelieveable.
I wouldn't advise ever paying for this book, at least if you're anything like myself, well maybe if you had unlimited cash you could.... If you really want to read this get it from a local library. I'm sure, having gotten so many good reviews there must be some aspect of it that is alluring to some people, but certainly not for me. Now thanks for reading my rant, but if you want to read a book with an interesting format try The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie, it was a better book in just so many ways.
No, thank you. .......2007-06-22
You didn't need an author for this book.
Just print out the IM conversations me and my friends have daily.
Staple it together.
Sell it for 10 dollars a pop.
And there you go.
This book was absolutely horrid. It could barely hold my attention for longer then 10 minutes and i ended up putting it down for good before i could even finish. It was bland and boring and degraded the English language forever and more. I pity the author who wrote this, because now they must realize they actually have no talent, since i could write this garbage. Better even.
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Editor Tonya Bolden makes no bones about it: "It's no secret. This book is about girl build-up." Accordingly, the pieces collected in 33 Things Every Girl Should Know have the spicy flavor of rabble-rousing. But instead of a radical call to arms, readers will find more of a call to self-esteem, self-respect, and a summons to keep their eyes on a bright future. Subtitled "Stories, Songs, Poems, and Smart Talk by 33 Extraordinary Women," this collection offers young women first-hand advice from such diverse luminaries as Lynda Barry, Sandra Cisneros, Johnetta Cole, Alice Hoffman, Lauren Hutton, M. E. Kerr, Rebecca Lobo, Natalie Merchant, Faith Ringgold, Tabitha Soren, Vera Wang, Wendy Wasserstein, and Sigourney Weaver. These grown-up girls hearken from many realms and backgrounds, with widely varying experiences and skills, but all join their voices here to offer insight, advice, and a surprising expanse of common ground.
From a fiercely funny comic strip about mean girls, to a moving essay about living with spina bifida, to a forensic discussion of why it's not a crime for girls to love science, these stories reflect and encourage female wit, wisdom, and perseverance. Most of all, the essential 33 things display the infinite range of options for girls, and will inspire young women to pursue the pathways paving their dreams.
Book Description
Natalie Merchant. Sigourney Weaver. Tabitha Soren. Wendy Wasserstein. Rebecca Lobo. Lauren Hutton. Anita Roddick. Lynda Barry. These are among the thirty-three extraordinary women who lend their diverse voices to this outstanding collection of stories, songs, poems, comics, and essays that will give every adolescent girl reason to feel hopeful about making the transition from girlhood to womanhood. Dealing with subjects like popularity, success, communication with boys, speaking one's mind, and body image, here is a book that offers help and inspiration to girls as they struggle to find a portrayal of womanhood they can call their own. 33 Things Every Girl Should Know is an empowering and inspirational gift book that every girl will want to own, to share with friends, and to use as a springboard to self-knowledge, self-acceptance, and self-esteem.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent.......2006-08-10
My daughter loves this book. She reads me poems and stories from this book all the time. I think all teenagers should purchase this book.
Almost perfect.......2004-05-12
Funny, witty, moving inspiring. Lots of role models of different types dealing with emotional, physical, intellectual, social challenges of growing up. Wish I'd had such a book when growing up.
Minor caveat -- lots of discussion of different things girls can be when grown up, but no mention of being a mother. I understand that one does not want to be encouraging teenage girls to have babies, but on the other hand would have been nice to have something addressing what is likely to be a significant portion of a woman's life. For instance, they could have had an essay by a physician who works part-time and is home with kids part-time, to make the point that getting a good education and a skilled professional job can make it easier to do flex-time and work from home. Something to prepare girls to get ready to balance work and family, to be thinking about the choices they will be making, and to acknowledge the importance and satisfactions of the drive to nurture.
GREAT!.......1999-11-05
This book was a really good book showing girls how to pull through struggles, not let yourself get down, being strong and many other vital things girls need to know and aren't taught.
A great book!!!!.......1999-06-24
The book is really good. The book talks about different women that have have grown up and are telling others their stories. They help others realize that the world is not perfect and how to get though it. I would give this book to anyone I know.
Hillary Clinton names "33 Things..." in July speech.......1998-08-10
This July at the 150th anniversary of the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, First Lady Hillary Clinton mentioned "33 Things Every Girl Should Know" in her speech before 15,000 people. Two hours after the speech, "33 Things..." was flying off the shelf at a book signing at the Women's Rights National Historical Park. My 13 year old daughter, Elizabeth Jenkins-Sahlin, an author of one chapter called "Get Involved!", autographed 205 books. The books ran out before her writing hand tired. She is the great, great, great granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, early founder of the women's movement. There is no question this chapter and this book empowers girls. Oh, by the way, Elizabeth says, "Even my 50 year old dad likes the book."
Book Description
'The two worst times in a woman's life is when she is 13 and when her daughter is 13,' or so goes a popular maxim in psychology circles. During these adolescent years, mothers are constantly struggling with how to handle their daughters-and themselves around their daughters. WHEN WE'RE IN PUBLIC.... is a survival handbook that discusses such important issues as beauty and body image, public behavior (both hers and moms), privileges and punishment, and sex. Written by the mother of a teenage daughter and featuring expert advice from a noted child psychologist, the book also offers simple steps to avoid disaster (i.e. before you think of dressing like your daughter, remember one word: Cher) and practical wisdom culled from numerous interviews with mothers of teenage daughters.
Customer Reviews:
99% of this book is GREAT!.......2006-08-15
I have a 13 year old daughter, and this book really resonated with me. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I already fit in the "Uncool Mom" category, but I still learned a lot from the common sense tips. I also really enjoyed the way that this book is written, with humor and anecdotes that keep you in stitches while helping you understand your daughter just a little better.
My one problem with the book was when the author recommended not teaching abstinance. I do think that it's naive to ONLY teach abstinance, but I think teaching kids that abstinance is an option is very important. By not teaching abstinance at all, but teaching kids about safe sex, what they will hear is that they are expected to have pre-marital sex. When you teach abstinance AND safe sex in conjunction, you are telling them that if they don't want to, it's a valid choice and they should feel confident in it, and if they do choose to have sex, here's how to stay safe.
Easy read with a few laughs.......2005-08-18
I am preparing for a teenage daughter (in about 3 years) and am trying to open myself up to a variety of tactics to handle those bouts of emotions. This book was an easy read and came with a few laughs, to prepare for the onslaught of teenage cruelty. The author shares her experiences with the rest of us, but it is up to us to decide what is best for our children. As an Uncool mom in training, I recommend this book to glean different perspectives in adolescent separation.
excellent with one big BUT...........2005-06-03
I really liked this book except for one thing which echoes what a previous reviewer said. teens can and do abstain. I know quite a few of them. people in the media saying that kids cant abstain so teaching abstinance leads to a downward spiral: who wants to try and do the impossible.
this aside though, this is an excellent book. I read some of the parts to my husband and we wondered if this woman has been in our home eavesdropping.
Laughing all the way to adulthood.......2004-07-24
I am the mother of a 14 year-old girl. She's a great kid, but when she went away to camp for a month and people asked me if I missed her, I said, "NO."
I'm a pretty good mom; I used to teach teenagers, and I have some clue about what this age is about. Still, Borowitz's book had me laughing out loud, and while I was laughing, some new ideas slipped in. Life post-camp is looking a little brighter.
Hilarious and helpful.......2003-12-03
Okay, I'm not a parent, let alone parent of a teenager...but I will be someday, and I'm interested, so I'm thinking about it and reading up. Here's what I'm thinking about this book:
I love it. It's wryly funny -- even occasionally hysterical -- and much of it rings true from watching my relatives bring up teenagers, being one not too long ago myself (though I didn't have some of the more extreme issues I notice in others), watching my own mom cope with me, and seeing the daily struggles between my peers and their moms when we were teens. There's a lot of "common sense" here, but don't let that statement fool you into thinking the book's useless; the best of us sometimes forget to exercise our "common" sense.
I particularly appreciate the ("common sense?") idea that moms should not fall into the trap of being "clueless" or the opposite trap of being your daughter's "cool" best friend. The best way to be both parent and friend is to be what Mrs. Borowitz calls "the uncool mom:" setting good boundaries, remaining in control, being yourself, picking your battles, and butting out when your daughter needs to manage on her own (which is more often than you think.) My own mother did a generally great job of this, and we are now what one might call "best friends" as adults -- still very much mother-daughter, but with mutual respect, friendship, and tolerance built out of (usually, and usually this was Mom's doing) handling our conflicts in a healthy way when I was a minor. This book is written by a mom who sounds a lot like mine...but even my mom could have learned something from her.
Book Description
Let's face it. Women and men are different. So why should we all have to network in the same way? And hey, while we're at it, why should we have to "network" at all? Between family and work responsibilities, the idea of pressing flesh at some not-very-festive "cocktail party" is right up there in appeal with root canal work. But what if we could find a way to make career boosting connections that was actually -- don't laugh -- fun? Enter "table talk" - a whole new way to network for time-pressed, professional women. Say goodbye to traditional networking, hello to people and activities you actually like, and you're suddenly at the table. So hurry -- we've saved you a banquette by the window … and the view's fantastic!
Customer Reviews:
Belongs on every professional woman's bookshelf........2004-04-08
From Marisa D'Vari, author of 5 books including Building Buzz and Creating Characters: Let Them Whisper Their Secrets.
"In Table Talk, Diane K. Danielson (with Rachel Solar Tuttle) acts as a personal coach and mentor to help professional women strategize the road to success with tips, colorful examples, and "implement now" techniques. A valuable resource for any woman's library."
Better than a Harvard MBA.......2003-05-24
Save your tuition money and buy this book instead. Not only does this book tell you how to build a successful network, it helps you do in a way that fits the individual. I've read many books on the subject, and none of them hit the nail on the head like the authors of this book. Networking should be fun, natural, creative, and an extension of your personality -- not someone else's. Read this book and it will all be pefectly clear. I highly recommend it for a new grad.
Realistic advice takes networking from "no way" to "OK!".......2003-05-22
I read Table Talk over the weekend, and I really enjoyed it. I was both reassured and inspired -- it was great to read that some of the networking strategies discussed are things I do "naturally", but also good to get some extra tips and different approaches to keep in mind. I found the workplace recommendations especially helpful. We all know we should network, but knowing how to go about it is a different story. The book provides real action items -- from small efforts to more ambitious -- so that anyone can get started and do their careers (and/or social lives) a favor.
Realistic advice takes networking from "no way" to "OK!".......2003-05-22
I read Table Talk over the weekend, and I really enjoyed it. I was both reassured and inspired -- it was great to read that some of the networking strategies discussed are things I do "naturally", but also good to get some extra tips and different approaches to keep in mind. I found the workplace recommendations especially helpful. We all know we should network, but knowing how to go about it is a different story. The book provides real action items -- from small efforts to more ambitious -- so that anyone can get started and do their careers (and/or social lives) a favor.
Smart Women, Get Table Talking!.......2003-05-20
Concise and conversational, Table Talk offers concrete advice on how women in all industries can put the skills we already have to work building our careers. It begins with the premise that women are excellent at communicating and building social networks but that we hesitate or stumble when using these skills to further our goals. Table Talk then bridges that percieved gap between women's exceptional social skills and what we think of as "networking" by offering practical and easy methods of table talking. For example, sending an article of interest on to a friend. And the point? We do this anyway! It's just like sharing with a close friend. Table Talk teaches women to cultivate relationships in ways that incur minimal stress and provide maximum benefit. Every woman, whatever her professional and personal goals, needs to Table Talk!
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- Great book!
- THIS GUIDE ROCKED!
- Everything You Need To Know About Guys
- Filled with knowledge every teen girl should know!
- Honest & Straight Forward
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The Girls' Guide to Guys: Straight Talk for Teens on Flirting, Dating, Breaking Up, Making Up & Finding True Love
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Book Description
Tired of wandering through the uncharted territory of guys and dating? Are you in need of the ultimate roadmap to this foreign landscape? Want to get pointed in the right direction by someone other than your mother or your trusty (but inexperienced) friend?
When it comes to guys, relationship expert Julie Taylor has all the answers -- and she'll give 'em to you straight. Think of her as an older sister (a fun older sister) who will tell it like it is, one who knows that you aren't a little kid anymore, especially when it comes to the opposite sex. Julie will guide you through the highs and lows of a killer crush, help you conquer first-date jitters, advise you when it is time to promote him to official "boyfriend" status, reveal the realities of a summer fling, and more. Plus, each chapter ends with a quiz to help you determine the answers to a variety of questions essential for any girl with a one-way ticket to Guyville, such as:
Who's your dream date?
Is he second date material?
Are you ready to commit?
Is it time to give him the boot?
And if the stud turns out to be a dud, Julie preps you on when and how to dump him or how to survive when you're the one getting dumped. After all, they're just guys, and dating should be fun! So, read up....Next stop, Guyville!
Customer Reviews:
Great book!.......2006-12-08
This is a great book. If you liked this book, you will also love 7 SECRETS FOR GIRLS ~ SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO SURVIVE BOYS & STAY SANE!
THIS GUIDE ROCKED!.......2005-05-30
This is a great guide for girls with unaswered questions about guys,It talks about breaking up,hooking up,rape,depression,first dates,crushes. It has it all you could think of.I read it so many times, I t really helps you through it. All u girls out there should buy it.It wont let you down!
Everything You Need To Know About Guys.......2002-04-23
When I was recommended this book I thought it was going to exactly like the other books about dating that I've read. Boy was I wrong. This book was more informative, and wasn't written in a way that feels like you're being talked down to.
"The Girls Guide To Guys" features chapters ranging from flirting, to physical and mental abuse, and rape. This is a must read book for all teen girls who want to learn more about guys and dating, or for anyone looking for a fun and easy book to read during the summer.
Filled with knowledge every teen girl should know!.......2001-05-19
When I first saw this book I thought it would be interesting to see what other girls think about guys. Julie Taylor has a very interesting perspective and I enjoyed reading her book. Girls like to pretend they know everything about guys, but really, the truth is, we don't. But with this book, you'll definitely be clued in on basic topics involving guys. Do you need to know some good pick-up lines? They're in this book! Want to know who your ideal guy is? Find out in this book!
Honest & Straight Forward.......2000-12-19
I bought this book for my boyfriend's 15-year old sister. I read it first to make sure that it was something that I wanted to give her and that her mother would also be okay with. It definitely was. The author obviously remembers what it was like to be in high school and confused about guys, dating, and sex. At the beginning of the book, the author states that she will not "talk down" to the reader. She definitley lives up to that promise. One of the messages that reappears throughout the book as an underlying theme is "listen to and follow your heart - be true to who you are". At times light and fun, the author also delves into heavier issues such as rape and abuse. The author adds in bits and pieces of her own experience, but emphasizes that what may have been right for her (e.g. waiting until she was 20 and with someone she loved and who loved her back and treated her with respect to have sex but not waiting until she was married) may not be the right choice for everyone. I felt comfortable giving this book to this 15-year old girl, who is binging raised in an open-minded but Christian environment, and who, if she is anything like me and every other girl I knew at her age, could use a few words of wisdom on the topics so adeptly covered by the author.
Book Description
Mothers and daughters have a lot to talk about. That’s how God designed it. A mother is her daughter’s first role model, teacher, and friend, and she carries the responsibility of passing on to her daughter a legacy of biblical womanhood.
Join mother-daughter team Carolyn Mahaney and Nicole Whitacre as they give you insights and suggestions on how to talkâreally talkâto each other about what it means to become a godly woman. Tips and study questions make it easy for moms and their pre-teen and teenage daughters to read, share, discuss, and grow.
âThe Mahaney women’s chatty and comfortable approach is deeply biblical and straightforward, connecting with all sorts of relationships, including single moms, stepmoms, adoptive families, and those in either healthy or challenging relationships.â
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Noël Piper, author of Treasuring God in Our Traditions
âThis delightful read is filled with warmth, wit, and wisdomâand loads of practical ways to apply the gospel to real issues facing teen girls.⦠I am grateful for this call to mothers to pass the legacy of biblical womanhood to their daughters.â
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Susan Hunt, Women in the Church Consultant, Presbyterian Church in America
Customer Reviews:
Uplifting Primer on Biblical Womanhood.......2007-09-30
I'm giving this book four stars not for its original content, but for its faithfulness to good biblical principles and doctrine. It is an excellent introductory primer on biblical womanhood, especially for mothers and daughters. Because of its broad span of topics, the book isn't able to go in-depth about some of the issues I'm most interested in. It keeps everything pretty basic. But it is unfailingly uplifting, wholesome, and helpful, especially for teenage girls and their mothers, or for those who are just getting started in learning about what biblical womanhood entails.
Time for connecting in a disconnected world.......2007-08-01
"Girl Talk" is a gem. I have a 16 year old daughter who was not at all interested in doing a "book study" with her old mom over the summer, but has opened up and blossomed as we have explored the biblically-based truths in this book. It's so great to hear from someone else what I have believed all along!
Highly recommended book.......2007-07-23
As a mother of four daughters and two sons, I've read many, many books concerning growing godly children. Probably too many! Our three oldest are daughters now entering their late teens and early 20's. I must say that this is THE BEST book on the market, which is appropriately subtitled "Mother-Daughter Conversations on Biblical Womanhood". It is practical and applicable to young women in today's world. Carolyn Mahaney and her daughter Nicole have written a masterpiece to equip mom's and daughters to develop the very best relationship possible while at the same time, giving godly counsel and menoring. There are many, many favorites in the book, but I will mention the chapters "A Daughter's Honor" and "A Daughter's Obedience" as well as "Taking God to the Gap"! The Mahaney family have lived their talk and have the fruit to show for it. If you are interested in a CD message to complement this book for women ~ young and old, log onto www.sovereigngraceministries.org and order "The Soul of Modesty". This book is a must for every home library in America! Especially applicable to homeschoolers, Christians and those mother's who want to have the best possible relationship with their daughters. Next to the Bible, this is the best book I've read on parenting daughters. No kidding!
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Fun, appealing, and truthful.......2005-05-13
Right from the introduction, I could tell that "Girl Talk" was going to be one of those books that I was going to look for every opportunity to pick up and read. The candid and humorous way that it is written made it appealing. And I found the way that they presented biblical truths about womanhood and mother-daughter relationships to be applicable, encouraging, and at times personally convicting. I also appreciated the way that they kept the gospel as central theme. I thank God for a refreshing book that I'm sure will benefit many women!
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PR pundits and business owners Friedman and Yorio tackle the fear factor of women who want to quit their day job and build a business. They ask, "Are you the girl to run the show?" They answer with a sassy list of pros and cons ("You will be able to get to your child's school play, but you will think about money all the time.") and with tough questions ("Could you negotiate a reasonable rent with an unreasonable landlord?)
Every chapter is packed with interviews, charts, quizzes and witty directives about self-employment. Among their greatest hits: what's in a name, choosing logos, ten inspiring business chick flicks, legal eagles, business speak and visibility in professional associations. Friedman and Yorio sweat the small stuff. They explain, for example, why you shouldn't eat spaghetti at a business lunch and how to ask revealing questions of a potential employee or computer consultant. The authors' premise, "let women be women" is most compelling when they explore the unique challenges women face--from finding female role models to being a boss "without being a bitch."
They are on shakier ground with the arguable assumption that all women share distinct gender styles and strengths. This type casting and the "girl friend" tone can sometimes belittle the book's smart and strategic ideas for becoming the boss. Still, it is hard to imagine a more readable, practical book about the challenges of being in charge. --Barbara Mackoff
Book Description
Geared toward the unique challenges faced by self-employed businesswomen,
The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business offers solutions and advice for handling a range of issues, including how to write a business plan, how to secure funding, and how to hire (and fire) employees. Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio share practical information drawn from their own extensive experience in the public relations, marketing, and consulting industries. Their concise and engaging advice is explained through entertaining tips, lists, and quizzes that speak directly to women who are dreaming of starting, or have already started, their own businesses.
Customer Reviews:
Great info for the beginner.......2007-07-13
I am in the pre-contemplation phase of starting my own business and this book has given me invaluable insight into the types of things I will need to prepare to deal with.
I would not say this is a technical manual that tells you precisely how to start your own business. But it does present sort of an outline of all the different aspects you need to consider before going there. And there are several great "mini-interviews" throughout the book from actual business owners highlighting working examples of each subject the book touches on.
I would recommend this book for non-MBA types, those who are in the "just thinking about it" phase of starting their own business but are unsure about what all is involved. For me this was a very illuminating read.
Good on inspiration, low on the details.......2007-05-14
The Girl's Guide is an inspirational how-to book for women entrepreneurs, sprinkled with stories of actual women business owners, self-quizes, and lists of movies/music/books. But in giving a big overview, it is short in details and specific how-to's. And, by trying to be everything to everyone, it is not specific to any particular kind of business ... traditional brick-and-mortar vs internet, service vs. product, solopreneur vs employee-based, etc.
Pros:
-Written for women, addressing unique issues, such as dressing for business meetings and the problems of being "nice"
-Give a big, high-level overview of the opening of a business
Cons:
-Assumes that to grow you will need employees (not true in the age of virtual assistants and outsourcing) and a long business plan (not true in the age of the one page business plan)
-Assumes your web designer will know about web/email marketing and sales (many web designers are graphic designers, not marketing gurus)
-Assumes you will want a brick-and-mortar type-business, not an internet-only home business (and that if you start out working from home, it's a way to save money, not a business style)
-Gives some financial, legal, internet, and marketing advice that is out of date (i.e., states now permit one-person LLCs)
If you want a book specific to your new business, or that gives you a step by step, specific guide, this is not the book for you.
If you want a book to inspire you to open your own business (especially if you want a traditional, brick-and-mortar, employee-based, consulting business that you want to grow to be big), buy this book.
Get it girl!.......2007-03-13
I think this book is a great guide to starting your business.
Inspiring!.......2007-03-06
I really liked this easy to read inspiring book that interviews a lot of real life women business owners. It was very fun to read while I was planning my own business and gave me some things to think about too. I now have my own LLC and plan to release my first product within a couple months *I hope* ^_^
So you want to own your own business?.......2007-02-10
This book was THE book that inspired me to start my own business. Written in a fun and informative style, Caitlin and Kimberly cover all the basics on how to get started from setting up your business as an LLC or LLP, to taxes, staffing and marketing. They also feature the stories of real-life entrepreneurs which are inspiring and educational. I have recommended this book to many friends: including male ones.
Book Description
Be sexy but not sexual. Don't be a prude but don't be a slut. These are the cultural messages that barrage teenage girls. In movies and magazines, in music and advice columns, girls are portrayed as the object or the victim of someone else's desire--but virtually never as someone with acceptable sexual feelings of her own. What teenage girls make of these contradictory messages, and what they make of their awakening sexuality--so distant from and yet so susceptible to cultural stereotypes--emerges for the first time in frank and complex fashion in Deborah Tolman's Dilemmas of Desire.
A unique look into the world of adolescent sexuality, this book offers an intimate and often disturbing, sometimes inspiring, picture of how teenage girls experience, understand, and respond to their sexual feelings, and of how society mediates, shapes, and distorts this experience. In extensive interviews, we listen as actual adolescent girls--both urban and suburban--speak candidly of their curiosity and confusion, their pleasure and disappointment, their fears, defiance, or capitulation in the face of a seemingly imperishable double standard that smiles upon burgeoning sexuality in boys yet frowns, even panics, at its equivalent in girls.
As a vivid evocation of girls negotiating some of the most vexing issues of adolescence, and as a thoughtful, richly informed examination of the dilemmas these girls face, this readable and revealing book begins the critical work of understanding the sexuality of young women in all its personal, social, and emotional significance.
Customer Reviews:
Critically important and completely original.......2007-06-15
I've worked with teen women and sexuality full-time for close to ten years now. For nearly that many years, I've entertained ideas about trying to get an anthology of teen girl narratives about just these topics published, but have been perpetually shot down by publishers because the subject is seen as just too provocative and just too volatile, no matter how vitally important it is for young women's voices to be heard on these issues.
I was elated when I found Dilemmas of Desire, because it was clear that Deborah had not only done exactly what I was hoping to do, she did it brilliantly (I feel comfortable saying more so than I could have), within a fantastic context, and with incredibly apt and brave observations and analysis. However astute and important her observations are -- and they are -- they also do not overwhelm the important narratives of the young women she spoke to.
Picking up this book was fortuitous: I'd not only wanted a book like it to exist, I found it at the end of a very long editorial process for S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College, my own book, when I was in need of something to remind me that all the work I'd done and do was of some import (nothing like months and months of editing to wear that right out of a gal). I read it on an airplane, and ended up disturbing my fellow passengers with my out-loud, "Yes...yes...YES!" that I just couldn't keep to myself, seeing her words and those of the girls echo so truly what I'd observed -- and find myself troubled so much with daily -- over the years in my own work. Tolman truly nailed it here, with both the narratives and her analysis, and this book is easily in the top ten I'd suggest for anyone who wants to get a solid handle on the current context of sexuality and sexual identity -- and figure out how to help young women strive towards a healthy, happy sexuality -- for young women right now.
"Probably the primary way - human beings make sense of their experience is by casting it in a narrative form".......2006-11-13
When I find ideas that are new to me, well phrased, or worth remembering, I underline or highlight. I underlined a lot in this book. The underlining became a little humorous at one point, when my pen kept returning to the page, underlining almost every sentence from pages 16 through 22. If you are trying to measure how much weight to give my praise of this book, I encourage you to read my other reviews on other books and media on these topics - to determine for yourself if I am just weird or well informed (or both).
This is a book discussing teen girls' dilemmas of desire involving relationships, identity, socially acceptable behaviors, sexual feelings, and sexual activity. In the first 20 pages this book pleasantly surprised me by capably explaining diverse concepts about gender and compulsory heterosexuality, emphasizing that careful consideration of those core definable characteristics is key to starting discussions on female sexual and mental health.
The book suggests female sexual desires are healthy in adolescence and adulthood, and when society frames them as selfish, perverted, wanton, non-existent, to-be-silenced, man-dependent, or gender-limited, then those societal forces often have a disabling effect on women mentally and physically. And the author suggests most young women and most male & female members of society don't see, perceive, or understand how their limited definitions of gender roles, 'appropriate' relationship boundardies, and "parameters of pleasure" negatively effect women, both young and old.
The book primarily focuses on teen girls discussing their desires, "something quite courageous, their willingness to speak out about a part of their lives that is, essentially, unspeakable." The author states "I did specifically ask and found that their own sexual feelings posed great dilemmas for the girls I interviewed" "Every girl I interviewed said that no adult woman had ever talked to her before about sexual desire and pleasure "like this," that is, so overtly, specifically, or in such depth."
"Girls' psyches and bodies do not exist in a vacuum. A girl's personal and family history shapes her experience with desire."
The author relays her positive personal experiences by saying, "In looking back over my own adolescence, the impetus of this work . . . I nurtured my own desire and savored these powerful sexual feelings. My memory of desire enabled me to resist the psychological literature that suggests there is something amiss about girls who feel desire."
If you read this book and recommend it to others, that would be a kind and thoughtful communication to them, potentially improving their peace of mind, and giving them some indication of your thoughtful consideration on the topics. And if I ever have adolescent children, boys or girls, I will discuss this book with them so they hopefully do not make the many mistakes I made.
Fascinating look at female teenage sexuality.......2006-06-24
This book is a brilliant look at adolescent female sexuality and our society's double standards. I would suggest it for anyone going into motherhood, teaching, or counseling for examinations of how our girls are being taught to be objects of desire for boys without having any desire of their own. If anything, as a woman, it has helped me realize the sexual boundaries that as a teenage girl, I was not allowed to cross. An absolutely fascinating book for anyone interested in female sexuality.
A note of caution: The researcher spends most of her time discussing the patriarchy and problems of the "heterosexual" social construct. While she does discuss how this affects sexual desire for bisexual girls and lesbians, how society forces the heterosexual romance upon girls who may want a multiplicity of options, and has three case studies that include those of GLBT orientation, most of her focus is on heterosexual girls and boys. Those looking for a discussion on female GLBT sexuality may want to look elsewhere.
Book Description
Leslie has just turned 13--and she is having a very bad year. Not only is she stuck in a new school where she doesn't know anyone, but she's also stuck in a "life group" at her church where the leader of her small discussion group asks tough questions she can't answer. Come along and join Leslie on her faith journey as she writes letters to God and in the process begins to find answers to some of her problems.
Customer Reviews:
Real Real.......2006-09-15
I think the book really captures the messages a teen may share with God. The tone and the messages are right on track and I think that helps to make it "real" for those who read it.
Great book - easy read - awesome message!
Teens will find an empathetic voice within these pages.......2006-09-12
As a mother of five children, one of whom is coming up on the teen years, I found Keepin' It Real a good reminder of the deeply-felt concerns of those no longer children but not yet adults. This is a genuine glimpse into the thoughts of a young person struggling to sort through some of life's toughest questions. It highlights the importance of the journey itself, and of keeping God always in sight. As I read it, I felt I easily could have been reading my own diary from my growing up years, when emotions were high and confusion an everyday feeling. Both parents and teens will benefit from a read-through of this sensitive approach to growing up in today's world.
Humphrey is very real in her writing........2006-09-07
In Keepin' It Real, Sandra McLeod Humphrey covers topics teens are concerned with all the way from Athletic shorts to Zits. She really gets into the mind of a typical 13-year-old. But in reading this book, what I found to be most important, is that the questions and concerns and doubts that Leslie has, (for the most part) are those we all have even as adults. This book is easy to read and is an excellent one for any 13-year-old to have on their bookshelf.
Useful for parents of teenagers.......2006-09-07
As a mother of two teenagers and one "yet to be teen", this book was a good reminder to me about the issues that teens face. The issues that I think are big, may not be to them and the issues I think are trivial may be huge to them. The book also brought back memories as I kept a "Dear God" journal myself during high school. It too, helped me get through some tough times, knowing that God was listening and there for me.
As a parent I have learned that I am not always the person that my children want to take advice from, so I am passing the book on to them. They can learn from Leslie. My 18 year old daughter started reading it when I was done and asked if she could take it with her to college so she could finish it!
Authentic, familiar voice of youth.......2006-09-02
I remember feeling the same way Leslie felt about life--the questions, the insecurities, the fears, desires and dreams. I see her in my students and in the young people in my life. I'm passing this book on to my stepdaughter, now on the threshold of adolescence, confident that she'll find a familiar and authentic voice in Leslie's talks with God.
Fellow children's author, C. Dawn McCallum, author of THE CARETAKER OF TREE PALACE
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