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having it all helen gurley brown

Be a Cosmo Woman!

May 28, 2019 Mary Kelly Ladies only!, Making a Living 6 comments

Having It All Brown 1983 I am sure most of you have heard of Helen Gurley Brown, probably best known as the editor in chief at Cosmopolitan. Her best known book was Sex and the Single Girl, published in 1962.

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Woman Doctor's Diet for Teen Girls

Girls on a diet

March 25, 2019 Mary Kelly Health and Safety 6 comments

The Woman Doctor’s Diet For Teen-Age Girls Edelstein 1980 I could tell the year this was published just by looking at the cover and book design (one of the side effects of blogging about weeded books). I didn’t find anything

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Dieting for God

September 1, 2017 Mary Kelly Department of God, Health and Safety 10 comments

Slim for Him Kreml 1978 Who doesn’t love the cover of the women walking through the clouds (or is that whipped cream?) This book is full of scripture and inspiration to keep your head in the game as you diet

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More of Jesus, Less of Me cover

Dieting for Jesus

March 8, 2016 Mary Kelly Be Pretty, Department of God 14 comments

More of Jesus, Less of Me Cavanaugh and Forseth 1976 Here we have another gem from the popular Christian dieting section. Remember that the Devil makes you fat! This book is more confessional/scripture lesson than a specific diet. See the

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Help Lord the Devil Wants Me Fat

The Devil Makes You Fat

November 4, 2014 Mary Kelly Department of God, You Ate What? 18 comments

“Help Lord-The Devil Wants Me Fat!” Lovett 1982 Naturally, every library has its share of diet/health books. They go in and out of fashion more than, well, fashion. This book takes the extra added bonus of blaming Satan. Evidently Satan

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