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What a terrific book! The patterns are very doable so the novice seamstress will have no trouble, and the more experienced sewer will have fun adding her own creative touches. This well photographed book shows designs that are trendy but for the more traditional lady, the patterns can be modified and made simpler. It's inspiring to see models of various shapes and sizes showing the finished product. This how-to book makes one of a kind fashion accessible to all, at every price point and no matter the age or size. Highly recommended!
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Meredith Baxter details her progression from youth to adulthood with the benefit of hindsight. She is quick to admit her errors, especially when making the same mistakes, which she admits was a pattern she found difficult to break. It will surprise no one that she attributes much of her later problems to an emotionally starved childhood; this is almost standard in many celebrity bios. More interesting was the revelation that she stumbled into acting, since she was a divorced mother of two in her early twenties; acting was a means of paying the bills rather than a driving passion. Perhaps because of this, her film career is less detailed than her focus on the failed relationships in her… Read more
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I nearly set this book down after reading only a few paragraphs. There's an immediacy about this memoir, as if the events are unfolding before your very eyes. It was painful hearing Portia outline how each yogurt was carefully portioned, and she mustn't eat even one mouthful more than the allotted share. The reader familiar with the eating disorder lifestyle will find the territory uncomfortable but ultimately edifying and in the end, rewarding. This is a survival story that always feels spontaneous, as if we are talking to Portia or reading her diary. The odd typo makes me smile, because it makes it that much more intimate. Chapter Twenty-one opens with Portia making a metaphor that… Read more
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