Story Circle Book Reviews

Book Report

• Want to learn how women manage to do it all, and then some? Here are four especially helpful how-to books: The List: 100 Ways to Shake Up Your Life, by Gail Belsky How to Discover and Develop Your Child's Strengths, by Jenifer Fox The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections, by Amanda Blake Soule Second Bloom: 10 Steps to Reinvent, Rejuvenate and Realize a New Life, by Anne Marie Smith & Michelle Gamble-Risley • Two books especially about mothers and daughters: Beneath My Mother's Feet, by Amjed Qamar Returning to My Mother's House: Taking Back the Wisdom of the Feminine, by Gail Straub • A quartet of special collections: What Wildness is This: Women Write About the Southwest, edited by Susan Wittig Albert, Susan Hanson, Jan Epton Seale, Paula Stallings Yost Staking Her Claim: Women Homesteading the West, by Marcia Meredith Hensley My Words are Gonna Linger: The Art of Personal History, edited by Paula Stallings Yost and Pat McNees Sisters Singing: Blessings, Prayers, Art, Songs, Poetry and Sacred Stories by Women, edited by Carolyn Brigit Flynn • A trio especially about memoir: Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir, by Lisa Dale Norton Thinking About Memoir: Through the Side Door, by Abigail Thomas Old Friend from Far Away: How to Write Memoir, by Natalie Goldberg For more fine women's memoirs, go here.

Cover Stories

• You are challenged to take part in the HerStories Memoir Challenge! 4 women's memoirs in 4 months—can you do that? If you need incentive (but, really, how many of us need bribery to read books?), we'll have prizes! This challenge starts January 1, 2009, and runs through April. Join us. • You are invited to join us for our monthly podcast. This month: stories from SCN members in Yemen, as well as Stories of the Month and some good ideas for writing prompts. • You are welcome (if you're an SCN member!) to join our Yahoo SCN LifeWriters Group. Bring a cup of coffee, log on, and enjoy chatting with your SCN sisters.

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Our mission: The Story Circle Network is dedicated to helping women share the stories of their lives and to raising public awareness of the importance of women's personal histories. We carry out our mission through publications, a web site, classes, workshops, writing and reading circles, and woman-focused programs. To join us, see our online membership form. Our Newsletters: We publish four monthly e-Letters: This monthly e-Letter brings you information about book reviews and features. You'll find archives here. The monthly Story Circle National e-Letter brings you writing tips, quotes, and Story Circle news. The Online Class e-Letter brings you information about women-only writing classes. The monthly Internet Chapter e-Letter is sent only to members of the Internet Chapter; it features chapter news and events. We appreciate your help in spreading the word about Story Circle Network. Please forward this e-Letter to anyone interested in books by, for, and about women. If a friend has forwarded this to you, add your e-address and click below to get your own subscription. To join any of our Story Circle Network e-Letter mailing lists, type your email address below, then click the 'Go' button: To unsubscribe: see link at the very bottom of this email.