false 434047 2 Brad Gooch's take on the self-help genre is a self-described gay updating of Helen Gurley Brown's <I>Sex and the Single Girl</I>, and it's a sensible, straightforward--and welcome--addition to the field. Who is the Boyfriend Within? Simply put, he embodies "qualities we find attractive in ourselves but often imagine others to possess more fully, as well as ... dormant qualities we wish to nurture and grow." This growth process takes place through 16 "Awareness Exercises" that range from identifying the behavior patterns that might be keeping you from having a boyfriend to planning dates with your Boyfriend Within. (And before you crack any jokes, he really does mean dates--be they quiet evenings at home, neighborhood walks, shopping trips, or other activities.) Gooch's own inner boyfriend is a bit like a male version of Midge, the Barbara Bel Geddes character in <I>Vertigo</I>, a constant (but not flashy) source of "sanity, peace, happiness." But, he emphasizes, that's just his own--the love of your inner life may turn out to be completely different. The exercises in <I>Finding the Boyfriend Within</I> hold great promise for fostering self-knowledge and the cultivation of one's goals, not just in romance but in all aspects of life. <I>--Ron Hogan</I> 422986 book 1999 Finding the Boyfriend Within: A Practical Guide for Tapping into Your Own Source of Love, Happiness, and Respect total:15|5:4|4:5|3:5|2:1| 15 57 20 7 4 0 false false Sun Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 25 06:27:28 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 06:30:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 18:14:31 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 11:31:05 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Dec 28 15:06:28 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 15:11:37 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Feb 18 18:59:31 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 19:00:23 -0800 2009 4 0 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jun 16 16:42:40 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 16:48:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 05 13:43:57 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 13:45:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu Jan 17 17:02:05 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 17:05:27 -0800 2008
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