When Food Is Love
Exploring the Relationship Between Eating and Intimacy
Geneen Roth - Author
ISBN 9781440674457 | 224 pages | 01 Jul 1992 | Plume | 8.26 x 5.23in | 18 - AND UP
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“A life-changing book.” — Oprah
In this moving and intimate book, Geneen Roth, bestselling author of Feeding the Hungry Heart and Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating, shows how dieting and emotional eating often become a substitute for intimacy. Drawing on her own painful personal experiences, as well as the candid stories of those she has helped in her seminars, Roth examines the crucial issues that surround emotional eating: need for control, dependency on melodrama, desire for what is forbidden, and the belief that one wrong move can mean catastrophe. She shows why many people overeat in an attempt to satisfy their emotional hunger, and why weight loss frequently just uncovers a new set of problems. But her welcome message is that change is possible. This book will help readers break destructive, self-perpetuating patterns and learn to satisfy all the hungers—physical and emotional—that make us human. Introduction
Chapter 1. When Food Is Love “A rare and special book that touches our inner selves with extraordinary courage, authenticity, and beauty. I have seen very few books with this kind of clarity and human depth. It will move you to tears and to joy. It will entertain and delight you, and it will make you a deeper and more compassionate human being.” “SPECTACULAR! I laughed and I cried. . . a tender and daring book that you’ll never forget.” “I SEE MIRACLES IN MY LIFE EVERY DAY, AND ROTH IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED MAKE THAT HAPPEN.” “When Food is Love is Roth’s seminal work. This is a big, beautiful, and important book. I cannot say enough about it. I hope everyone reads it.” “She tells of her own experiences with a non-blink frankness cushioned by the gracefulness of her prose.” “This book is A) good enough to eat, B) nourishing to the heart.” |
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