Béatrice Gartenberg Libri

Ignorato dai genitori troppo immersi nelle proprie questioni sentimentali, Adrian Mole deve affrontare le sue, che certo non sono da meno: a 13 anni e ¿, affrontare l'aristocratica Pandora - unico e irraggiungibile oggetto d'amore - non è cosa da poco, e se poi ci si mette anche Barry Kent, il bullo del quartiere, ecco che i problemi possono decollare oltre ogni aspettativa. Forse nonna Mole, la ultraconservatrice, ha un consiglio per il nipotino, o forse no. E mentre il cane di famiglia ne combina di tutti i colori, meglio affidare i propri tormenti alle pagine di un diario, come se si stesse parlando a un amico del cuore: potrà aiutare a fare chiarezza. Così, Adrian racconta con candore e ironia la sua adolescenza e la bizzarria della sua famiglia, con una scrittura che mescola comicità e amarezza, entusiasmo e riflessione.

"..Starts with Eve Ensler's tortured relationship with her own "post-forties" stomach and her skirmishes with everything from Ab Rollers to fad diets and fascist trainers in an attempt to get the "flabby badness" out. As Eve hungrily seeks self-acceptance, she is joined by the voices of women from L.A. to Kabul, whose obsessions are also laid bare: A young Latina candidly critiques her humiliating "spread," a stubborn layer of fat that she calls "a second pair of thighs." The wife of a plastic surgeon recounts being systematically reconstructed - inch by inch - by her "perfectionist" husband. An ageing magazine executive, still haunted by her mother's long-ago criticism, describes her desperate pursuit of youth as she relentlessly does sit-ups." "Along the way, Eve also introduces us to women who have found a hard-won peace with their bodies: an African mother who celebrates each individual body as a sign of nature's diversity, and an Indian woman who transcends "treadmill mania" and delights in her plump cheeks and curves. Then there is the veiled Afghani woman who is willing to risk imprisonment for a taste of ice cream. These are just a few of the inspiring stories woven through Eve's global journey from obsession to enlightenment. Ultimately, these monologues become a personal wake-up call from Eve to love the "good bodies" we inhabit."--Book jacket