Modesty, Makeovers, and the Pursuit of Physical Beauty: What Mothers and Daughters Need to Know (Hardcover)
by Jeffrey R. Holland, Susan W. Tanner
$11.99
List Price
Points
Add to My Wish List
✔ IN STOCK: Ships in 2 to 3 business days
Domestic and International Shipping Options
Other Formats Available
Share
Product Description
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve and Susan W. Tanner, Young Women General President, present two powerful messages on self-image and society's obsession with outward appearance. Based on their October 2005 General Conference addresses, this small-size volume explores the intimate link between body, mind, and spirit. Women of all ages are confronted with fixation on the physical body. This has become increasingly common in the world today. Elder Holland asserts, “You are bombarded in movies, television, fashion magazines, and advertisements with the message that looks are everything! The pitch is, 'If your looks are good enough, your life will be glamorous and you will be happy and popular.' That kind of pressure is immense in the teenage years to say nothing of later womanhood.” These timely and inspired messages will help us to understand that happiness comes from accepting and enhancing our natural attributes, not from remaking our bodies after the image of the world.
About the Authors
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland was called as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in June 1994. A native of St. George, Utah, he received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree and PhD in American Studies from Yale University. In 1974 he became dean of Religious Education at BYU and two years later was named Church Commissioner of Education. In 1980 he was appointed president of BYU, where he served until he was sustained as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1989. Elder Holland is the author of several books, including Broken Things to Mend and Christ and the New Covenant. He and his wife, Patricia, have three children and thirteen grandchildren.
Individual Worth - Soul Searching.
by Mikel - reviewed on October 23, 2007
I loved this little book, what powerful words that we as sisters should engrain in our souls and minds that we are of worth and we should not let the world influence us to be something other than what our Heavenly Father made us to be.
