title: Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
author:  Gloria Steinem 
description: One of the founding mothers of contemporary feminism has written a self-help book that utterly transcends the genre. In lucid prose that is by turns brave and funny and tender, Steinem takes us on a journey of circles and spirals because, as she says, "If we think of ourselves as circles, our goal is completion . . . if we think of work structures as circles . . . progress means mutual support and connectedness." Drawing from sources that range from Margaret Mead to Chief Seattle (Sealth), from Alice Walker to the Upanishads, as well as from her own life and the lives of her friends and colleagues, she provides a series of pathways to self-esteem. Steinem's book unfolds like a flower: it offers literature, art, nature, meditation, and connectedness as ways of finding and exploring the self. Her message is that it is our very selves that we need to trust, despite educational and societal pressures that may denigrate the female experience. Her focus is women, but she is clear that what she has to say is for men, too, and she is neither strident nor dismissive. Recommended for all collections. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/15/91.<br /><i>- GraceAnne A. DeCandido, "School Library Journal"</i><br />Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Praise for Self Care
  
  
  “Leigh Stein’s latest novel is as decadent and brutal as a vampire facial.
  It’s an exposé of feel-good feminism, an indictment of contemporary
  capitalism, and an absolute treat to read. This book will make you laugh,
  gasp, and vow to get off social media for good—and it’ll understand when you
  can’t help but log right back on.”
  
  
  —Julia Phillips, author of National Book Award finalist _Disappearing Earth_
  
  
  “ _Self Care_ is a skewering mockumentary about influencer culture, internet
  feminism, and the infinite ways that big tech capitalizes on our worst fears
  and insecurities. Utterly teeming with humor, this is exactly the sort of book
  that Dorothy Parker would have written if she’d been reincarnated as an
  Instagram celebrity.”
  
  
  —Catherine Lacey, author of _The Answers_ and _Certain American States_
  
  
  “Wickedly talented Leigh Stein—for my money, one of our sharpest millennial
  writers—knows the internet, and she’s used that intimate knowledge 