Title: Booby-Trapped: How to Feel Normal in a Breast-Obsessed
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Author: Nili Sachs
ISBN: 1931646457
The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews
(Deep Breath) This book looks at a group of women in a
psychological therapy group, exploring subjects like
femininity and body image in general, and breast size
in particular.
The women are of varying ages and backgrounds. Their
personal self-images range from pretty good to awful.
The youngest member can't wait to show off her boob
job to the others. Their reactions range from support
to anger that she would insert a foreign substance
into her body in that way. Why are breasts the most
altered, and most hated, parts of a woman's body?
Every woman wants perfect breasts, but such things are
very rare, at best. They are going to be off center,
or not the same size, or not "big enough," or
something.
The niece of another group member is convinced that
the road to happiness includes breast implants, so she
plans to have the operation, with the support of her
parents, to celebrate her sixteenth brithday. A third
member is diagnosed with breast cancer. Before she
goes to the hospital, she feels the need to stand in
front of the group and actually say the words, "I have
cancer. I could die." The rest of the group is a
constant presence in the hospital. When she gets out,
and rejoins the group, she considers getting an
implant to replace that which the mastectomy removed.
This is quite a book. It was a very good idea to do it
as the story of several average women, instead of as
some dry women's health book. Women don't need me to
say that this book is well worth reading. For the men
out there who honestly care about their partner's
health and well-being, this is highly recommended. If
something is bothering her, but she refuses to talk
about it, this book may just give the answer.
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5-12-2005 at 1:14pm