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What happens when the worst advice is given at the worst possible time? A smart, funny, and feminist novel, satirizing the effects of the media on women. "Beauty Tips for Girls" is a story told by three very different women. Katy is a lonely teenager obsessed with a girls magazine, "Misty," the articles in which could be leading her into danger. Her mother, Corinne, is drowning her sorrows and disappointments in alcohol. Meanwhile, Katy s teacher, Jane, is finding it difficult to move beyond her own troubling past to help. As the three women s stories progress, through extracts from "Misty," letters, confession, and personal narrative, what emerges is a witty and compelling satire of the beauty industry and a very contemporary take on femininity and womanhood."
