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Still, the initial idea of telling my story in this book gave me pause. The hardest thing about writing is telling the truth. Maybe it's the hardest thing about being a woman, too. I think of Nisa, the old African woman who was telling her story . . . She said, "I will tell my talk . . . but don't let the people I live with hear what I have to say . . . I know that feeling. But in the end, Nisa and I, we told our truth anyway.
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A masterpiece of womens wisdom. Christiane Northrup, M.D. author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
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“A graceful account of awakening and transformation.” Library Journal
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“The journey to capture her feminine soul and live authentically...makes a fascinating, well-researched and well-written story.” Publishers Weekly
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A masterpiece of women's wisdom.--Christiane Northrup, M.D.
The journey to capture her feminine soul and live authentically . . . makes a fascinating, well-researched and well-written story.--Publishers Weekly
In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of its publication, a newly reissued edition of the bestselling author's classic work of feminine spiritual discovery, with a new introduction by the author.
I was amazed to find that I had no idea how to unfold my spiritual life in a feminine way. I was surprised, and, in fact, a little terrified, when I found myself in the middle of a feminist spiritual reawakening.--Sue Monk Kidd
For years, Sue Monk Kidd was a conventionally religious woman. Then, in the late 1980s, she experienced an unexpected awakening, and began a journey toward a feminine spirituality. With the exceptional storytelling skills that have helped make her name, Kidd tells her very personal story of the fear, anger, healing, and freedom she experienced on the path toward the wholeness that many women have lost in the church.
From a jarring encounter with sexism in a suburban drugstore, to monastery retreats and to rituals in the caves of Crete, she reveals a new level of feminine spiritual consciousness for all women--one that retains a meaningful connection with the deep song of Christianity, embraces the sacredness of ordinary women's experience, and has the power to transform in the most positive ways every fundamental relationship in a woman's life--her marriage, her career, and her religion.
About the Author
Sue Monk Kidd is the award-winning author of books including When the Heart Waits and God's Joyful Surprise, as well as The Secret Life of Bees. She is the recipient of a 1993 Katherine Annne Porter Fiction Award, the 1993-1994 South Carolina Literary Fellowship in Fiction, and the 1996 South Carolina Academy of Authors Fellowship. She has taught creative writing and spoken on women's spirituality across the country.