cover image Advanced Cinematherapy: The Girl's Guide to Finding Happiness One Movie at a Time

Advanced Cinematherapy: The Girl's Guide to Finding Happiness One Movie at a Time

Nancy K. Peske, Beverly West. Dell Publishing Company, $13.95 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-440-50915-8

Cinematherapy, ""a bubble bath for the soul,"" means looking to movies to soothe your anxieties and sort out your troubles, explain authors Nancy Peske and Beverly West in Advanced Cinematherapy: The Girl's Guide to Finding Happiness One Movie at a Time. In this lighthearted follow-up to Cinematherapy: The Girl's Guide to Movies for Every Mood, they corral the most important ""Codependency Movies,"" ""Understanding Your Man Movies,"" ""Control Issue Movies,"" ""Midlife Crisis Movies"" and many other categories to suit every emotional quandary. Reprising their breezy, chatty style, the authors warn women away from lame so-called ""chick flicks,"" offer tidbits of movie trivia and include recipes that complement the movies. ( Mar.)