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"Enough as She Is may save millions of women from the idea that 'having it all' means 'doing it all'...Simmons has given us the next step in our peaceful revolution...changing the world to fit women. -- ""Gloria Steinem"" Persuasively demonstrates that girls can replace the toxic cultural imperative for 'more' with their own vision of a fulfilled life. -- ""Publishers Weekly"" A fascinating read that provides ideas for combatting the 'not enough' ideals that are devastating young girls. -- ""Library Journal"" Illuminates the current crisis and abundance of stress-inducing challenges that girls are facing...A must-add for public libraries, school libraries, and many college collections. -- ""Booklist"" The author's accessible tone makes this a helpful tool for parents who need advice and want to help their girls become well-rounded women...Concrete, straightforward advice on helping girls move beyond the anxiety, depression, and angst that plague so many as they strive toward adulthood. -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" Is it wrong that I wanted to underline every single word in this book? Simmons brilliantly crystallizes contemporary girls' dilemma: the way old expectations and new imperatives collide; how a narrow, virtually unattainable vision of 'success' comes at the expense of self-worth and well-being. Enough As She Is is a must-read, not only for its diagnosis of the issues but for its insightful, useful strategies on how to address them. -- ""Peggy Orenstein, author of Girls & Sex"" A brilliant and passionate call to action that reveals how girls and young women are suffering in our toxic culture of constant comparison and competition. This is the book parents need to change girls' lives and guide them to truly become happy, healthy, and powerful adults. -- ""Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabees"""

The author's accessible tone makes this a helpful tool for parents who need advice and want to help their girls become well-rounded women...Concrete, straightforward advice on helping girls move beyond the anxiety, depression, and angst that plague so many as they strive toward adulthood. -- Kirkus Reviews A fascinating read that provides ideas for combatting the 'not enough' ideals that are devastating young girls. -- Library Journal A brilliant and passionate call to action that reveals how girls and young women are suffering in our toxic culture of constant comparison and competition. This is the book parents need to change girls' lives and guide them to truly become happy, healthy, and powerful adults. -- Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabees Is it wrong that I wanted to underline every single word in this book? Simmons brilliantly crystallizes contemporary girls' dilemma: the way old expectations and new imperatives collide; how a narrow, virtually unattainable vision of 'success' comes at the expense of self-worth and well-being. Enough As She Is is a must-read, not only for its diagnosis of the issues but for its insightful, useful strategies on how to address them. -- Peggy Orenstein, author of Girls & Sex Illuminates the current crisis and abundance of stress-inducing challenges that girls are facing...A must-add for public libraries, school libraries, and many college collections. -- Booklist Persuasively demonstrates that girls can replace the toxic cultural imperative for 'more' with their own vision of a fulfilled life. -- Publishers Weekly Enough as She Is may save millions of women from the idea that 'having it all' means 'doing it all'...Simmons has given us the next step in our peaceful revolution...changing the world to fit women. -- Gloria Steinem

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Rachel Simmons is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls, and The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence. Cofounder of Girls Leadership, a national nonprofit, she is a leadership development specialist at Smith College, and is the Girls Research Scholar in Residence at the Hewitt School in New York. She lives in Western Massachusetts with her daughter. Emily Durante has been narrating audiobooks for over ten years and is also an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning audiobook director. She has been acting since the age of seven and has performed in a number of stage productions at the professional, collegiate, and regional levels.

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