The Curse of the Good Girl, Rachel Simmons
The Curse of the Good Girl, Rachel Simmons
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The Curse of the Good Girl
Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence

Author: Rachel Simmons

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 7 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/06/2009

Synopsis

Rachel Simmons is a New York Times best-selling author and the founding director of the Girls' Leadership Institute. The Curse of the Good Girl looks into the phenomenon of the glass ceiling placed on girls who attempt to live up to the standard of being "good." Simmons then shows how parents can help build girls' self-esteem and give them the strength to pursue their goals.

About Rachel Simmons

Rachel Simmons is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls and The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence. Cofounder of Girls Leadership, a national nonprofit, she is a leadership development specialist at Smith College and is the Girls Research Scholar in Residence at The Hewitt School in New York. She lives in western Massachusetts with her daughter.

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Goodreads review by Lara

Original review here: [URL not allowed] Shortly before the big move, TLC Book Tours contacted me about reviewing The Curse of the Good Girl by Rachel Simmons on my blog. My first inclination was to say, "No, thank you. Too much on my plate right now." But then I read the book's......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

When I first started reading this, I couldn't relate at all. Who are these girls and why are they acting this way?? Then I realized that while I don't have "the curse of the good girl", it totally explains why I have had problems working in all female environments and relating to most women; they ha......more

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