Dr. Ruth's Guide to College Life: The Savvy Student's Handbook

by Ruth Westheimer, Pierre Lehu

Overview

Tackling everything from leaving home to roommate relations to campus dating, this is an entertaining and practical guide to handling one of life's most exciting and momentous transitions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781568331713
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/08/2000
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER is America's leading psychosexual therapist whose career spans, print, radio, television, and video. Currently, Dr. Westheimer is an Adjunct Professor at New York University. In addition to having her own private practice, Dr. Westheimer leads regular seminars on adolescent sexuality for residents and interns in pediatrics. She is the author of The Art of Arousal: A Celebration of Erotic Art Throughout History.

PIERRE LEHU is the co-author of Dr. Ruth Talks about Grandparents: Advice for Kids on Making the Most of a Special Relationship.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1     Leaving Home Unscathed
2     Your Roomate
        From Peoria or Mars
3     Dorm Life 101
4     Alone in a Sea of 20,000 People
5     Your Friendly Faculty and Administrators
6     The Dating Scene in the New Millennium
7     Sex
       Need I Say More? Yes!
8     You Will Go Home Again
       How Not to Regret It
9     Breaking Out Into the World Wide World

Conclusion
Index
About the Authors

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Ruth, America's leading psychosexual therapist, whose career spans print, radio, television, and video, is known for using explicit language while giving advice on sex. In this book, written with the coauthor of Dr. Ruth Talks About Grandparents, she provides many helpful tips on drugs, alcohol, sex, eating disorders, loneliness, religion, and sexual orientation. Some readers may be offended by Dr. Ruth's explicit vocabulary, but her frank and approachable method will ease prospective college students' anxiety about leaving home for the first time and prepare them for what lies ahead. The book's entertaining format is perfect for bus and train commuters looking for light but engaging reading. And with Dr. Ruth's name on the book cover, it is sure to attract attention. Recommended for public libraries.--Samuel T. Huang, Univ. of Arizona Libs., Tucson Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

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