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Words Of Advice.(Cathy Alter)(Interview)(Brief article)
Byline: --HANNAH MORRILL
Henry David Thoreau went to Walden Pond; Elizabeth Gilbert went to India; and Cathy Alter, author of Up for Renewal: What Magazines Taught Me About Love, Sex, and Starting Over (Atria Books), went to the newsstand. Alter spent a year transforming her life by following the advice from women's magazines. We asked her what she learned.
Why magazines? I needed to change the path I was on without spending much money. Magazines offer a lot of promises. I thought, Why not take them up on their offer?
Did they ...
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