It is always so interesting how different women react to their bodies. Body image is so important to women. They diet and exercise and have plastic surgery to achieve what they think is the perfect body. And then they continue to agonize over it.
Natalee Woods is going through a difficult time in her life. She is at the cusp of adulthood. She is about to go out on her own and find out who she is as a n adult when her mother dies. Though she feels bad leaving her father, she feels it is important to get away and start a job in a new place. As she establishes herself as the grow up she feels she should be. She gets her first job, quite by accident, as a sales person in the lingerie department of a clothing store.
In a narrative that takes the reader through her experiences with the women who come into her department and her dressing room, Natalee learns from these women how to navigate life without her mother. Then her father becomes ill and she goes through a few love interests. Each time she questions herself, someone comes into the dressing room and shares a story about their bodies and their lives that makes Natalee either feel better about her situation or helps her understand herself better.
The stories of the women who come through her lingerie department are fascinating. I think that is really the most interesting part of this book. Though Natalee is somewhat interesting, I do not think this book would be as good if the women who come through and tell their stories did not share their experiences. It is kind of amazing that women feel so open when stepping into a dressing room and trying on bras.
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