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Between the ages of 20 and 30, Rachael Oakes-Ash lost 60kg and gained 76kg on a rollercoaster of body image problems and food obsession. She went through anorexia, bulimia, bulimarexia, gym obsession, strict dieting and binge eating before finally she figured out how to stop torturing herself and hating her body, GOOD GIRLS DO SWALLOW is the black and very funny story of her downfall and recovery. Rachael might have taken things further than many of us, but this is a story every woman can relate to. In Australia 75 per cent of women think they are too fat and 95 per cent of women have dieted (even though dieting is the best way to put on weight). You might not have rescued food from the bin in a moment of binge-madness but if you've ever felt lousy and reached for a chocolate biscuit for comfort this book is for you. `What the diet promised, I got' writes Rachael. `I got the body that can wear the clothes. I got the job I love, I got the man I want. But I only got it for keeps when I stopped dieting. ' GOOD GIRLS DO SWALLOW shows how she did it. And how you can too.
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Rachael ate her first solids at ten months, said her first word a month later and has been talking between mouthfuls ever since. Rachael has worked in Australian radio and television as Sydney location host on Blankety Blanks, as a beauty on Beauty and The Beast, and comic reporter on Foxtel's Entertainment News, Fox Fashion, Just Us Blokes and On The Road. She is currently waxing lyrical about the joys of womanhood on The Morning Shift's Girl Talk for Channel Seven. After her 'thirty-is-the-new-twenty' crisis, Rachael began freelancing as a writer and has contributed to publications including Marie Claire, New Woman, Australia's Women's Forum, Cleo, The Sunday Telegraph, Minx and Women's Health. Rachael was awarded The Australia Council ASA Mentorship for 1999 and was mentored by Anne Deveson for Good Girls Do Swallow, Rachael's first book.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A darkly comic look at the tragic world of eating disorders. Books on this subject often tend to lean towards melodrama, but Oakes-Ash writes in a less serious, lighter way, thst helps to make the words more accesible to the reader. Any woman who reads this, whether they have an eating disorder or not, will certaintly recognize aspects of their own personality in Rachael's story. The fact that Oakes suffered anorexia, bulimia and copulsive overeating means that the story fundementally covers all basis on the eating disorder spectrum, and provides a range of varied perspectives.
The most impressive aspect of the book is the sheer frankness of the author's writing. She is refreshingly honest, telling her story in graphic detail whilst resisting the urge to 'sugar-coat' her biography in order to make herself look better. It is this openness - this baring of the soul - that makes the reader immediately warm to Rachael, a factor which helps to make her words & her underlying message seem so much more genuine than the usual crop of 'Self-help' books that are dominating the market at the moment.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book tells it like it really is. Thank god Rachael had the guts to share her story. This is a fantastic book, I have read thousands of self help books on this topic and this is the first that I have related to. As a former bulimic and anorexic Rachael tells most girls stories between the pages of this brilliant book. It has truly changed my life to know I am not the only one who has stolen food or eaten till I was sick. A round of applause to Rachael Oakes-Ash - when's the next book, I can't wait!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thought this book was great, I have certainly been prone to some of this behaviour, and had the same thoughts, though thankfully not to the same extremes as Rachel. I actually found it quite a painful read, as I could identify with certain sections, and felt moved to tears.
Anyone who worries about their weight, and diets alot should read this as a warning, and hopefully keep some perspective
Anyone who worries about their weight, and diets alot should read this as a warning, and hopefully keep some perspective
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It's OK
This book gets a little preachy and whiney at times. But it's OK. I wouldn't say it has any more impact than any TV documentary on the subject. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Victoria
Truely inspiring...
Once i opened the first page i instantly knew i wouldn't be able to put this book down, this is quite a rareity for me. Read more
Published 9 months ago by tondutt
Awful!
I read the first few lines of this book and I was hooked. The author explained that thinness (in her point of view, in presumably the past tense) would bring her: a boyfriend,... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Rowan
Very good
Book was very good, although the book was not as specific in life experiences as the likes of 'wasted' by marya hornbacher. overall a very good book though.
Published on 6 Feb 2010 by J. Cribb
I did not rate this book
I really did not enjoy this book. I read it all the way through just to see if it picked up but found it whiney, preachy and a dull read all together.
Published on 17 Aug 2009
A Godsend!
This book is amazing! As a sufferer of an eating disorder, I have wrestled with myself and searched for a way to express the feelings and a way to explain my actions that I... Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2007 by L. J. Eakin
Good Stuff
I read this book as recommended by a nurse, whilst in hospital, and found it helpful, I certainly admired the honesty of the the author, and the self depricating look into her... Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2007 by Emily
A whirlwind of emotions
Rachel Oakes-Ash repeatedly emphasises in Good Girls Do Swallow that she doesn't do things by halves. Everything is taken to extremes; this book is no exception. Read more
Published on 9 April 2006 by barenakedlady
Everything about yourself you thought you had hidden
Rachael really brings to light everything that you feel and have ever felt about food, life, yourself and about peoples perceptions She throws a spanner in the works of every... Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2006 by Sandra G Moffat
You WILL find yourself in this book.
I read this book in one captivated stretch on a flight from Sydney to Singapore only pausing as an extremely thin air hostess swooped to pick it up. .. Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2003 by Vourneen Ward
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