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Jun 05, 2006
A look straight into the face of sudden grief
2 of 2 found this helpful If you've experienced sudden and intense grief, you will likely relate to the feelings Didion captures in this candid sharing of her own struggle with the abrupt loss of her husband and the year that followed. The repetition of certain expressions the family shares, sprinkled thoughout, remind you of how memory slivers flare up over and over as you work through the struggle of balancing wanting to remember all the time with needing to not remember all the time. Her year is compounded by the significant medical struggles her daughter was having during the same year. Didion has a way of opening up and sharing this most vulnerable time with humble and candid attention to details, the kind of details that let readers know they are not the only ones who are or who have been obsessed with the details of a sudden loss, vulnerable, forgetful and rudderless in the face of intense grief. She also weaves in research into the subject of grief from a variety of sources, giving readers expanded perceptions of this universal topic.
Jun 05, 2006
Accessable knowledge to help respond to any change
2 of 3 found this helpful This metaphoric mice and cheese story makes it easy to understand various responses one may have to change, and in a non-threatening manner, leads the reader to self-reflection and transformation in the way he or she may approach any changes. I can't imagine a situation in which the manager of any company wouldn't want their staff to read this.
Jun 05, 2006
Peace Pilgrim -- A life-changing Book
This is a life-changing book published posthumously in the words of Peace Pilgrim, a woman who dedicated her life to peace by taking 15-years to work toward inner peace and preparation and then walking across America over and over from 1953 to her death in 1981. It contains the stories, newspaper articles and correspondence that chronical her transformation for inner peace and her pilgrimage with the message of peace. Peace Pilgrim sums up her "peace message" in one sentence: "This is the way of peace -- overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love." The book offers concrete, straightforward advice for reaching inner peace and goes on to give concrete examples of steps for transforming society. It also contains very clear and exceptional advice for inner and global peace, and superior quotes, including this historical quote from Herman Goering, spoken way back at the Nuremburg Trials:"...Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." I can't recommend this book highly enough.