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Beneath Wings of an Angel: Healing the Child Within. A Spiritual Healing Journey to Recovery from Domestic Violence
Author: Janice Romney Farnsworth www.beneathangelwings.com ISBN: 0974764477The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERETo read Dian's Interview with the Author CLICK HEREMonsters are real. Janice Romney Farnsworth lived with one for fifteen years and bore six children for him. A devout Mormon, Farnsworth believed in the sanctity of marriage, of being a submissive wife and honoring her husband. But what she didn't understand...
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9-23-2005
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Beyond the Tears: A True Survivor's Story
Author: Lynn C. Tolson http://www.beyondthetears.com/ ISBN: 1410724174The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click
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9-25-2005
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Booby-Trapped: How to Feel Normal in a Breast-Obsessed
Title: Booby-Trapped: How to Feel Normal in a Breast-ObsessedWorld:Author: Nili Sachs ISBN: 1931646457The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews(Deep Breath) This book looks at a group of women in apsychological therapy group, exploring subjects likefemininity and body image in general, and breast sizein particular.The women are of varying ages and backgrounds. Theirpersonal self-images range from pretty good to awful.The youngest member...
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10-31-2004
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Career Magic A woman’s Guide to Reward & Recognition
ISBN 1 931148 09 0Author: Marjorie BrodyLine/Publisher Career Skills Press The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's ReviewsCareer Magic A Woman’s Guide to Reward & Recognition: 224 pages, Introduction, 9 chapters as well as information about Brody Communication and an order form. Chapter titles indicate material to be found on the pages of the work. Chapter 1 : If It’s Meant to Be, It’s Up to Me, advocates taking a go
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5-31-2005
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Daring Wives
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Daring WivesAuthor: Frances Cohen PraverISBN: 0-275-98813-9The storyline of the frustrated wife having an affair has become more popular thanks to depictions in movies such as “Unfaithful” or “Desperate Housewife” Gabrielle, but what pushes married women into having an affair? “Daring Wives” sheds some light on the motives of these
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5-9-2007
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Sex Secrets of an American Geisha:How to Attract, Satisfy and Keep Your Man
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Sex Secrets of an American GeishaAuthor: Py Kim Conant ISBN: 0-89793-490- 3 I got an ARC (Advance Reading Copy) of the book, "Sex Secrets of an American Geisha" from the author for my review. Though I left the sexuality part of my life behind for some time now and am on the spiritual path, I agreed to review the book, because I was always intrigued by the Geisha system and here is an American Geisha (in a spiritual sense of that word), willing to...
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4-26-2007
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A Girl’s Pocket Guide to Trouser Trout:Reflections on Dating and Fly-Fishing
Author: Gail RubinISBN: 1-4140-1279-9 The following review was contributed by: Shelley Bueché: Click Here to Read More of Shelley's ReviewsGail Rubin’s “A Girl’s Pocket Guide to Trouser Trout” should be required reading for every single female in the dating pool seeking to catch ‘the Man of Her Dreams.’ This fun and witty book is fil
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7-23-2006
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Apple Pie and Promises: Motherhood in the Real Worlds
Compiled by Linda Hoffman KimballISBN:1-55517-849-9The following review was contributed by: Molly Martin & CLICK TO VIEW Molly Martin's Reviews Apple Pie and Promises: Motherhood in the Real Worlds is not a story book per se, rather it is a collection of ‘quick reads’ meant to be read at those odd moments in the day when readers have a few moments to turn to something interesting and fun to read. This is a 125 page work comprised of forty plus vignettes authored by a group of women who...
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4-17-2005
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Because I Remember Terror Father, I Remember You
Author: Sue William Silverman ISBN: 0820321753The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE To Read Dian's Interview With The Author CLICK HERESue William Silverman was sexually abused by her father from age four to eighteen while her mother denied and allowed the abuse. When Sue's therapist suggested she write down her experience, Sue expected only a paragraph to emerge. Instead, Because I Remember Terror emerged from an...
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9-29-2005
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Betrayal of Sacred Trust
Author: Barbara Y. Stuart, Ph.DISBN: 0595343503The following review was contrbuted by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERETo read Dian's Interview With the Author CLICK HERE
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9-25-2005
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Bringing Home the Birkin
Click Here To Purchase Bringing Home the Birkin Author: Michael Tonello Publisher: William Morrow (An Imprint of HaperCollins) ISBN: 978-0-06-147333-3 Do you know just how difficult it is to acquire the Hermes Birkin bag? So difficult in fact, even the rich and famous struggle to purchase one. If you’re not quite sure which bag I am talking about it is the one Victoria Beckham usually has slung on her arm. Quite a square-looking thing, usually with one buckle and handle. I can’
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5-25-2008
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Childfree And Loving It
Author: Nicki DefagoISBN: 1-904132-63-4 The following review was contributed by: Helen Kaut: To read more of Helen Kaut’s Reviews Click HERE
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7-11-2005
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Defying Gravity
Author: Prill BoyleISBN: 1-57860-208-4 The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereThe book is a collection of firsts and a fistful of fulfilled dreams in the lives of late-bloomers. After reading this book, you may find that you have a renewed strength with which to reach into the recesses of your heart and see if there's not something else you may want to accomplish before your last breath. Linda Bach, at age fifty, became a medical doctor....
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7-25-2006
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Equal Partners
Author: Roland EzriISBN: 1-4116-9156-3Roland Ezri has been watching the interactions between men and women in the workplace, in the community and in homes for decades. He has observed the gender inequalities that exist across cultures and countries, and has become aware of what mankind is missing out on because of gender inequality. Ezri believes that men and women have complimentary qualities, and that all of those qualities are needed in order to for societies to advance. Neither men nor...
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11-29-2006
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Flying Over The Finish Line: Women Triathletes’ Stories of Life
Click Here To PurchaseFlying Over the Finish Line: Women Triathletes' Stories of LifeAuthor: Susan L. KaneISBN: 987-0-9799341-4-8 This book sets out to inspire and motivate women to make goals and carry them out, using personal essays by a divers
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10-15-2008
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Hot Flashes And Cold Cream
Author: Diann HuntISBN: 1-5955-4069-5The following review was contributed by: SHELDON (SHELLY) WAXMAN: Click to view Shelly's reviews.This is essentially and ultimately a woman’s book. However, it can provide comfort and humor to the male spouse whose wife is going through woman’s dreaded mid-life crisis.It is the story, comedically told, of a lady from a small Indiana town and her attempts to deal with the hot flashes, paranoia, and jealousy that her hormones have given her. The first...
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1-20-2006
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In Search of Mr. Wonderful
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon In Search of Mr. WonderfulAuthor: Monica BouvierISBN: 978-1-4327-0707-0 Finding yourself through others is never easy. In fact, it can be a long and tedious (not to mention disappointing) journey. Depending on the baggage from childhood and added baggage from the teenage years, it’s a wonder any of us know who we are and who is right for us. When one is experiencing this soul-searching journey and seriously looking for a life partner, well, it can be...
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2-28-2008
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Interview With Sue William Silverman Author of Because I Remember Terror Father, I Remember You
Author: Sue William Silverman ISBN: 0820321753The following interview was conducted by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE To read Dian's Review Of The Book CLICK HEREBP: When you took the first step toward recovery, can you recall your feelings that day?Actually, it wasn’t really one day. For me, it wasn’t that clearly defined. Over about a fifteen-year period, I sought help from something like 11 therapists. I will say, though, that I had a turning point...
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9-29-2005
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Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined
Authors: Andrea J. Buchanan & Amy HudockISBN: 1-58005-158-8The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood: Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's ReviewsOnline “Literary Mama” is not exactly your mother’s parenting magazine. The writing in this “edgy” journal is often, according to its mission statement, “too long, too complex, too ambiguous, too deep, too raw, too irreverent, too ironic, [or] too body-conscious” to be included in the average parenting journal.“Literary Mama” is...
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3-28-2006
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Lost in the Void
Lost in the VoidAuthor: L.M. WalkerISBN: 1420855883The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsThis is the true story of Lana, an American living andworking in Germany. Her marriage to Sean had not beengoing well, and they were trying to reconcile. Afterbeing told that she could not get pregnant, she foundherself pregnant with twins. She felt that shecouldn't ask Sean to become their father, even thoughhe was very willing to do so, and had been...
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10-14-2005
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Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families
Author: Leslie Morgan SteinerPublisher: Random House Trade PaperbacksISBN-10: 0812974484: ISBN-13: 978-0812974485You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon The term “mommy wars” was coined by Child magazine in the 1980s. While some feminists dismiss the "wars" as a media fabrication, others claim the battles are still smoldering in offices and suburban neighborhoods, pitting mothers who left the workforce against mothers who didn’t. According to Leslie Morgan Steiner, the mommy...
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7-23-2007
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Mystic Mommy
Author: Cat RunningElkISBN: 0-9767094-0-6Cat explains that she has always listened to her dreams -- as if they were telling her what could be. She tells of one dream where a black-skinned woman steps out of the throng of other women with children and speaks to her in a foreign language. Cat believes this may have been The Earth Mother. She tucks the message away, recalling it as a warning instead of a blessing. Besides, she is busy raising her young daughter and her husband has chosen to...
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12-10-2006
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Peanut Butter, Playdates & Prozac
Author: Arlene SchusteffISBN:1-932279-41-5The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click HereThis quick read is the gelastic gospel when it comes to living with kids. I just never knew anyone else had the same experiences!"Kid 101" spells it out -- "you will not sleep. Not ever. Once you come to terms with this fact, life will be easier." And, when the kids want fast-food or candy, "No, McDonald's is closed today" and...
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4-28-2006
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Pieces of Pie Surviving Love
Author: Pie DumasISBN: 0976560801The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews
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7-18-2005
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Regaining Control When Love Becomes a Prison
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Regaining Control When Love Becomes a PrisonAuthor: Tami BradyISBN: 978-1-932690-12-5“Like many people, I came from a long line of women who became dependent upon a spouse or other loved one. Too many of my female kin have found themselves in dysfunctional relationships they felt that they couldn’t leave because of financial concerns. Reduced self-esteem and few options, unfortunately, kept the cycle going. Horribly, in most of these cases, the patterns were...
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5-18-2007
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Scars of Silence
Author: Mary Ann WorshamISBN: 1-933538-62-7Like most young women, Mary Ann wanted the "quiet life with a loving husband, a white picket fence, and children." She never dreamed her journey would end up filled with such darkness -- workplace sexual harassment, verbal and physical abuse, a near-fatal automobile accident, earthquakes, a fire, alcohol abuse, multiple surgeries and attempted murder committed by her first husband. In 1982, John and Mary Ann were married. She states that...
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11-12-2006
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Shattered Dreams, My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife
Click Here to Purchase From Amazon Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist’s WifeAuthor: Irene SpencerISBN: 10: 1599957191: 13: 978-1599957197Imagine marrying your sister’s husband while your sister is not only living, but still married to him. Now imagine that through the years, your husband would take an additional eight wives and father a total of 58 children. In her book, Shattered Dreams, My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife, Irene Spencer spins a tale so foreign that it would be...
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9-7-2007
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Supreme Love
Author: Kelly CyrISBN: 1-59800-203-1When a person takes a wrong turn in their lives, it seems to cause a chain reaction of even more bad choices. It reminds me that when someone tells an untruth, to continue the untruth, they must invent even more untruths. Supreme Love is a gut-wrenching, bare-all true story of one woman’s travels on an unsuitable, going-nowhere path.The details are, at times, more than this reader could handle. I truly felt empathy for the author – having to relive the...
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5-18-2007
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THE ESTROGEN UNDERGROUND
Authors: Cheryl O’Donovan & Tom WolfermanPublisher: A Better Be Write PublisherISBN: 0-9767732-7-9 Admit it – there was a day, once, a long time ago, that when you walked down the street, heads turned. Cars actually honked, lusty guys hung out of windows to offer catcalls in your favor. Now. Well, now cars only honk if you’ve sat too long at a green light. And guys only hang out of windows to tell you that you’ve left your gas cap open. Somewhere in the murk of your thirties, you became...
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11-27-2006
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THE GALLAGHER GUIDE TO THE BABY YEARS
Edited By: Stephanie Gallagher Publisher: Atria Books ISBN: 0-7434-8476-2 The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown & Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's Reviews
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5-13-2005
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THE LIFE ORGANIZER: A Woman's Guide to a Mindful Year
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Author: Jennifer LoudenPublisher: New World LibraryISBN: 1-57731-554-5 Are "time monsters" gobbling your calendar? Are "shadow comforts" suffocating your goals and dreams? If you're a woman who juggles conflicting roles and schedules -- a full-time job, family meal planning, fitness, dinner parties, and kids' soccer games -- Jennifer Louden has a book for you. A columnist for Body & Soul magazine and bestselling...
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8-4-2007
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The Men I Didn’t Marry
Title: The Men I Didn’t MarryAuthor: Janice Kaplan & Lynn SchnurnbergerISBN: 0-345-49070-3 What if you had a chance to revisit the most important loves of your life, to try to fix what wen
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12-7-2006
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The Queen of My Self
Author: Donna HenesISBN: 0-9758906-0-3The following review was contributed by: Sue Vogan: To read more of Sue's reviews Click Here"The Queen of My Self" is not just another self-help book. Instead, it is a new way to look at life for women who are "no longer Maidens" but not so old that they are ready for a nursing home or dirt nap. Henes has a new land for us ladies who want more from life and it's called "Sovereignty in Midlife." If you haven't become Queen of...
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9-19-2006
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The SeXX Factor: Breaking the Unwritten Codes that Sabotage Personal and Professional Lives
Authors: Marilou Ryder and Judith BrilesISBN: 0882822187The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsBased on interviews with thousands of men and women, this book exploresattitudes and behaviors of women that cause men to get resentful or angry. Womentherefore find themselves needlessly impeded in their daily lives.If women want to be taken seriously at work, then how is the wearing of sexy andrevealing clothing to work going to help? Most men are...
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12-29-2005
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To Hell with All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife
Author: Caitlin FlanaganPublisher: Back Bay Books (paperback)ISBN-10: 0316066273: ISBN-13: 978-0316066273You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon "Housewife chic” creates a new stirEverything old is new again; everything square is cool again. Station wagons and Danish modern furniture are back. Ditto bowling shoes, plaid shorts, pearl chokers, and shirtwaist dresses.
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7-21-2007
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Tripping the Prom Queen: The Truth about Women and Rivalry
Author: Susan Shapiro BarashISBN: 0-312-34231-4 The following review was contributed by: Amy Huffman Cloer: To read more of Amy's reviews CLICK HERE Irony can be defined in many ways. One of them must be opening a book which exposes the jealousies and rivalries among women to see a picture of a woman who is beautiful and clearly intelligent and successful. After all, the author of a book which discusses a litany of jealousies, including those over looks, money, social
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5-29-2006
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What If I Tell
Click Here To Purchase What if I Tell?Author: Gina McCabe ISBN: 978-0-9815139-0-4Publisher: Winding Road Books
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5-12-2008
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What Your Mother Never Told You (A Survival Guide for Teenage Girls)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon What Your Mother Never Told You (A Survival Guide for Teenage Girls)Author: Richard M. DudumISBN: 978-1-4196-7869-1Publisher: Island Publishing Lawyer, musician, Realtor, summer-camp director, leader and cancer survivor Richard Dudum lives in San Francisco and is the father to two daughters and two sons. His oldest daughter is currently in college and younger one in high school. He wrote this book to help parents and their children. Although the cover of...
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2-15-2008
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Whose Face is in the Mirror
Author: Dianne Schwartz ISBN: 1561706388The following review was submitted by: E.Dian
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10-6-2005
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Why I’m Glad I had Breast Cancer
Author: Leonore H. DvorkinISBN: 0-8095-1096-0The following review was contributed by: Ernest Dempsey, pen name of Karim Khan: To read more of Karim's Review CLICK HERE It is indeed the challenging title of Leonore H. Dvorkin's latest nonfiction book 'Why I'm Glad I Had Breast Cancer' (WildSide Press, September 2005) that drives one to go for it. Only later does the reader feel glad for his choice as this short book makes a genuine case for looking at life in a positive light.Dvorkin gives...
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8-2-2006
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Women in Shadow and Light
Author: Jan Goff-LafontaineISBN: 0974961051The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HEREThe body of a woman is beautiful, perhaps more so as she lives life and overcomes the many obstacles waiting to trip her up or tear her down. But what about the body of an abused woman? Is she still beautiful? Can her body be beautiful? Photographer and author Jan Goff-LaFontaine met with forty women, aged 19 to 95, all survivors of...
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9-23-2005
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Writing Home
Author: Cindy La FerleISBN: 0-923568-63-8 The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood Click Here To View More Of Kathryn's Reviews One of author Cindy La Ferle’s prized possessions is a card which reads, “The sacred is in the ordinary. It is found in one’s daily life – in friends, family, and neighbors; in one’s own backyard.” These words summate the theme of her enchanting collection of essays, “Writing Home.” Culled from previously published essays and newspaper...
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7-25-2005
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