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12.30.08

All the wrong people have self-esteem

Laurie Rosenwald

On the back Laurie Rosenwald’s new book it says: ” If you’ve ever felt that you don’t deserve bottled water, this book is for you. If you’re a vegetarian but you eat meat, this book is for you. If you’ve ever gotten kicked out of yoga, this book is for you…” Check on the first two for me. I’ve never been kicked out of yoga, but I have been told to “Shhhh!” This is really supposed to be “an inappropriate book for young ladies” but I can surely still relate to all the stories about embarrassing situations, feeling fat, and spooning your cats (except in my case it would be my dog Rudy). With all the garbage teenagers are bombarded with on newsstands and television, this sure is a fresh breath of air. Since I am totally smitten with it now at 28, I can only imagine if I was 15, it would have been my ultimate favorite. A lot of my attraction to this book comes from the crazy layouts of text and images and Laurie’s hilarious collage illustrations. Made from a variety of scraps of paper and crayon drawings, these illustrations are so fun and pop up throughout the book. Inspire your teenager with this book available here and learn more about Laurie’s work here.
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9 Comments

12/30/08 11:52am

P. wrote

Absolute genius – I think this book was written for me!

12/30/08 12:09pm

Camilla wrote

I gave this book to my 50 year old friend and her 13 year old daughter for them both to share, they loved it.

12/30/08 4:15pm

laurie rosenwald wrote

thrilled, flattered and delighted! funny thing, but i enjoy praise! feel free to review it on amazon if you wish- just takes a minute! there’s a video on youtube with the same title. you can reach me through rosenworld.com. please do! cheers from LR

12/31/08 5:56pm

victoria thorne wrote

at 49, i am afraid to go to yoga for fear of being kicked out (or giggled at, for falling over; how jr. high is that?). this book is for more than teenagers, is seems?

do adore what you put forth, always, and wish you the most excellent of new years. please keep us posted on all of your new work/book. it is thrilling. no giggling, here, just applause!

12/31/08 8:53pm

virginia wrote

no kidding! finally, i have some…blogging helped to boost it, but at first it was like doing naked yoga on the white house lawn…without a tan.

yep, junior high, where i learned to count lockers on my way to science class…just so i could pretend i didn’t need glasses.

great title!

01/2/09 5:14pm

Fern wrote

This looks amazing. I want to order it for the bookstore where I work, but which section would it fall into? Art? Gender issues? A wide catch-all like Young Adult Nonfiction?
Thank you!

01/3/09 10:54am

Janet wrote

This looks very cool.

01/4/09 10:09am

coki wrote

I’m 28 too and this book would be my ultimate favorite!

01/18/09 10:13pm

Pikaland wrote

Finally! I think young girls need more of these sort of books what with the rubbish on television and magazines telling them how they should look and act.
Bravo Ms Rosenwald!

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