Product Description
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. This is the black and 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.
About the Author
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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