Sacrificing Our Selves for Love: Why Women Compromise Health and Self-Esteem and How to Stop

by Jane Wegscheider Hyman, Esther R. Rome, Boston Women's Health Book Collective

Millions of American women and teenaged girls continue to risk their health and well-being to please others. Now, the coauthors of the bestseller The New Our Bodies, Our Selves explain why this is true--and what women can do about it. Exploring such topics as self-starvation and cosmetic surgery, Hyman and Rome offer vital information and exercises designed to enhance self-esteem.

230 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1996