Cinderella Ate My Daughter
Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture
Book Summary
The acclaimed author of the groundbreaking best-seller Schoolgirls reveals the dark side of pink and pretty in this wake up call to parents that offers ways to prevent raising daughters who only care about image. 35,000 first printing.
This book is about:
- Femininity,
- Girls,
- Mothers and daughters,
- Psychology
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