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Winners! Lots of winners!

I’ve had several giveaways running over the past week or so; here, in a combined post, I’ll announce the winners:

First up are two copies of Rachel Simmon’s The Curse of the Good Girl (my review). A copy of this smart and practical book will be going to:

#6 – Sandy
#14 – amandasue

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Next is an MP3 Audio [...]

Book Giveaway: The Curse of the Good Girl by Rachel Simmons

Author Rachel Simmons has two copies of her new The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence up for grabs!

As the mother of two girls, in frequent company of their friends, and a Grown-Up Good Girl myself, I found the case studies eye-opening, and the action plan smart and manageable. [...]

Save the date! Rachel Simmons hosts a “Get Real” workshop in Boston 9/29/09

Attention all parents and educators of girls! If you live in eastern Massachusetts or southern New Hampshire, you’ll want to mark Tuesday, September 29 on your calendar.

Rachel Simmons, author of The Curse of the Good Girl (and another on my reference shelf, Odd Girl Out), will be hosting a workshop at the BPL. Here are [...]

Book Review: The Curse of the Good Girl by Rachel Simmons

The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence by Rachel Simmons
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: The Penguin Press (August 25, 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-1594202186

Back-of-the-book blurb: In The Curse of the Good Girl, Rachel Simmons argues that in lionizing the Good Girl we are teaching girls to embrace a version of selfhood that sharply curtails [...]