The Go-Girl Guide : Surviving Your 20s with Savvy, Soul, and Style

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Summary: Thought Provoking!
Review: This book has inspired a great many conversations with friends and with my husband. Although I did skip the chapters on dating I found the rest of the book to be quite informative. The section on careers is really great, it gives you the sense that your feelings are not unjustified but also lets you know that everyone goes through this stage. I found the section on relationships with friends, parents, and sibilings to be especially helpful in identifying some of the issues that we are currently dealing with. And the chapter on Body Image is an absolute must to read for everyone!

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Summary: A MUST HAVE!
Review: This book is an excellent source for any 20-something female who's struggling with the demands of sudden post-collegiate adulthood. The Go-Girl Guide is sectioned off with tips covering careers, dating & sex, familial issues, health and finance. I've read several other books about coping with the 'quarterlife crisis' and I have to say this book is the most on-target & helpful. You can identify many aspects of your day-to-day life with the author's past struggles & how she learned to overcome typical 20something obstacles. I actually post-it tabbed about 40 pages in this book because the advice was so staight-forward and handy. I plan to buy the Go-Girl Guide for several of my friends (not lend it to them because it might not return to my bookshelf & I'm sure I'll want to reference it in the future!!!) So go pick up this Grrrrl guide, you'll be excited to read about situations and scenarios similar to yours & your girlfriends' and how to deal with them.

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Summary: Cool, it's not just me with these issues!
Review: This book is not the end-all solution to all your problems. But we shouldn't be looking for some book to tell us exactly what to do!!! It was enough for me that Bourland so keenly touches in on all of the insecurities, self-doubts, and puzzlements that I think are so typical of us twenty-somethings. She devotes sections to many facets of life: careers, dating/coupledom, dealing with parents, personal health and well-being, etc. I actually didn't find the career section very helpful, since I am in a science field and going on to grad school -- this book's career section is geared more towards those liberal arts college types, rather than those of us who jumped into a specific field upon entering college or by taking up a vocation like plumbing or electrical technician. The dating/coupledom section is fine; no new radical ideas, but good advice for any women to have accompanying her into the dating game (Bourland only briefly mentions issues that homosexual women might deal with, although from my own uneducated viewpoint, maybe her advice is useful no matter what sex your partner is). The advice on dealing with your parents is great; did you think you were the only one whose parents did not live happily-ever-after when they got all the kids out of the house? And the sections on personal well-being are tailored specifically to this age where we are no longer nympish happy-go-lucky (in retropsect) little teenagers, and yet not quite needing to worry about hot flashes and middle age spread....This book is definitely worth its price based on the way that it is so tailored to the issues of its audience.

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Summary: Dangerous advice puts young women's health at risk
Review: This book missed a great opportunity to educate young women about the health risks involved in being sexually active. The author advises living together before marriage but devotes only a few woefully inadequate paragraphs to educating young women about protection from sexually transmitted diseases. Worse yet, the information provided is dangerously incomplete and incorrect, putting the health of young women readers at risk. This book fails to give young women the tools they need to be proactive in protecting their health above all else. Surviving your twenties SAFELY is more critical than surviving your twenties with style.