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Book Cover for: Practically Perfect in Every Way: My Misadventures Through the World of Self-Help--and Back, Jennifer Niesslein

Practically Perfect in Every Way: My Misadventures Through the World of Self-Help--and Back

Jennifer Niesslein

From Dr. Phil to the Fly Lady A level-headed, laugh-out-loud tour of the loopy world of self-help.?( Ann Crittenden, author of The Price of Motherhood and If You?ve Raised Kids, You Can Manage Anything)

Jennifer Niesslein has an okay life. But, dogged by a sense of dissatisfaction and a yearning for something she can't quite name, she embarks on a two-year experiment, taking all manner of self-help advice? from housecleaning to marital to spiritual?in an effort to become a better, happier person. What Niesslein learns is that the road to self-help Nirvana is fraught with peril. She also discovers that there is such a thing as the good life?it's just a question of how perfect you have to be to get it.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: May 6th, 2008
  • Pages: 368
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.16in - 5.66in - 0.99in - 1.02lb
  • EAN: 9780425221327
  • Categories: MemoirsPersonal Growth - General

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Praise for this book

aConversational and funnya]but also, at times, serious and contemplative.a
aSalon.com
aAmazingly in-depth yet entertaining with its fresh humor.a
a"Library Journal"
aRevelatorya]entertaining and thoughtprovoking.a
a"Feminist Review"
aA delightfully witty and sometimes startlingly poignant memoir.a
aKristin Ohlson, author of "Stalking the Divine" and co-author of "Kabul Beauty School"
Conversational and funny but also, at times, serious and contemplative.
Salon.com
Amazingly in-depth yet entertaining with its fresh humor.
"Library Journal"
Revelatory entertaining and thoughtprovoking.
"Feminist Review"
A delightfully witty and sometimes startlingly poignant memoir.
Kristin Ohlson, author of "Stalking the Divine" and co-author of "Kabul Beauty School"
?Conversational and funny?but also, at times, serious and contemplative.?
?Salon.com

?Amazingly in-depth yet entertaining with its fresh humor.?
?"Library Journal"

?Revelatory?entertaining and thoughtprovoking.?
?"Feminist Review"

?A delightfully witty and sometimes startlingly poignant memoir.?
?Kristin Ohlson, author of "Stalking the Divine" and co-author of "Kabul Beauty School"