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Geneen Roth
Geneen Roth is the author of the bestseller, When Food is Love and seven other books. She has conducted workshops for over thirty years and has lead retreats for the past ten. Roth is a frequent contributor to many publications including Salon.com, Huffington Post and Good Housekeeping and has... show more

Geneen Roth is the author of the bestseller, When Food is Love and seven other books. She has conducted workshops for over thirty years and has lead retreats for the past ten. Roth is a frequent contributor to many publications including Salon.com, Huffington Post and Good Housekeeping and has appeared on numerous national shows from Oprah, 20/20, Good Morning America, and The View, to Primetime Live and NPR's Talk of the Nation.
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Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
This is the kind of book that tempts me into being hugely snarky and not nice so beware. I have a friend who is a huge cat lover (animal lover in general) and if anything would tempt her into reading a non-fiction book, it's this kind of book. Only one thing she says bothers her about this kind of b...
ayanami
ayanami rated it 13 years ago
Geneen Roth has a lot of guts. I say this because it takes a lot of guts to share the things that she does in this book-- her feelings towards food, towards herself, towards her relationships. Seriously, some of the incidents she describes had me cringing with secondhand embarrassment and agony. But...
Shelly's Book Journal
Shelly's Book Journal rated it 13 years ago
I've kind of vacillated between a two and a three on this book. The title is very deceiving, as I didn't find too much about God in here, and the final sentence of the book suggests that we are our own god. Which I find a little disturbing. This book really addresses the problem that diets are no...
Jennifer Lane Books
Jennifer Lane Books rated it 14 years ago
“Feel the Pain, Don’t Eat It”This is a non-fiction book that I found enlightening and helpful, with many truths in its pages. Author Geneen Roth had fluctuated between severe food restriction and severe binge eating all her life. Her self-worth was tied up in her weight and shape, and her existence ...
JulieM
JulieM rated it 14 years ago
The title for this book, Women Food and God is a bit deceiving. The book is not so much about women, food, and God or even the relationships that women have with food and God. It is really more about the relationship we have with ourselves and learning to treat ourselves with gentleness and love. ...
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