1,000 Ways to Be a Slightly Better Woman

Perfection. It's what we're all aiming for, right? Doesn'teverywoman want to fiteasily!into a size 6 dress? To be a lioness in the boardroom and a tigress in bed? To be a totally dedicated wife, mother, daughter, coworker, and friend? To eat healthy, get rich, wear fabulous clothes, and, while she's at it, save the planet? Well, maybe not. What none of the self-help-book authors seem to realize is that most women don't desireor have time fora total physical, intellectual, or financial makeover. They just feel the need for a littletweaking. Enter Pamela Satran, a self-help guru for those who want to be justa bitbetter than they already areor to stop obsessing about how they fall short of some "ideal." 1,000 Ways to Be a Slightly Better Womanoffers more than 120 humorous (but nonetheless useful) lists divided into chapters such as "79 Ways to LoseTwoPounds by Next Summer," "95 Ways to Be a SexualDemigoddess," and "86 Ways to Be aLess DesperateHousewife." Packaged in a fun and accessible format, these gentle prods to becominggood enoughprovide the kind of self-improvement most women really want toand realistically canachieve.Satran, Pamela Redmond is the author of '1,000 Ways to Be a Slightly Better Woman', published 2008 under ISBN 9781584796718 and ISBN 1584796715.