Life Lessons:
Self-Improvement, Coping with Grief/Loss, Rising to the Challenge

Adams, Cathy Cassani. The Self-Aware Parent (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Life Lessons; Relationships Allen, K. Eileen. I Like Being Old (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Memoir; Life Lessons Allen, Roberta. The Playful Way to Knowing Yourself (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Anders, Isabel. Becoming Flame: Uncommon Mother-Daughter Wisdom (reviewed by Judy Miller) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Anderson, Joan. Second Journey: The Road Back to Yourself (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Life Lessons Anderson, Kyra & Vicki Forman, editors. Gravity Pulls You In: Perspectives on Parenting Children on the Autism Spectrum (reviewed by Judy Miller) Anthologies/Collections; Life Lessons; Relationships Andrus, Susan M. Beyond Mars & Venus (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Relationships; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Angelou, Maya. Letter to My Daughter (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Arrien, Angeles. The Second Half of Life: Opening the Eight Gates of Wisdom (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Life Lessons; Elders Astyk, Sharon. Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Life Lessons; Nature/Place/Environment Azar-Rucquoi, Adele. Money as Sacrament: Finding the Sacred in Money (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Bailey, Elisabeth Tova. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Memoir; Life Lessons Baldwin, Christina. Lifelines: How Personal Writing Can Save Your Life (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Creative Life; Life Lessons Baldwin, Christina and Ann Linnea. The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Battenfield, Jackie. The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Life Lessons; Creative Life; Arts/Crafts Belsky, Gail. The List: 100 Ways to Shake Up Your Life (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Bennett, Anne Marie. Bright Side of the Road: A Spiritual Journey Through Breast Cancer (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Betts, Emilie. Shadows in My House of Sunshine (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Life Lessons Black, Hilary, editor. The Secret Currency of Love: The Unabashed Truth About Women, Money, and Relationships (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Anthologies/Collections; Relationships; Life Lessons Blair, Pamela. The Next Fifty Years (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Life Lessons; Cultural/Gender Focus Blakemore, Erin. The Heroine's Bookshelf: Life Lessons, From Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Borysenko, Joan Z., Ph.D. Inner Peace for Busy Women: Balancing Work, Family, and Your Inner Life (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Life Lessons; Active Life Briccetti, Katherine A. Blood Strangers (reviewed by Judy Miller) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Brill, Alida and Michael D. Lockshin, M.D. Dancing at the River's Edge: A Patient and her Doctor Negotiate Life with Chronic Illness (reviewed by Kathy Waller) Memoir; Life Lessons; Body Language Brill, Leigh. A Dog Named Slugger: A True Story of the Service Dog That Changed My Life (reviewed by Martha Meacham) Teen/Girls; Memoir; Life Lessons; Animal Companions Brodie, Laura. Love in a Time of Homeschooling: A Mother and Daughter's Uncommon Year (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Memoir; Life Lessons Browning, Dominique. Slow Love: How I Lost My Job, Put on My Pajamas & Found Happiness (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Memoir; Life Lessons; Creative Life Bryson, Karen Mueller, Ph.D. Those They Left Behind: Interviews, Stories, Essays and Poems by Survivors of Suicide (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Anthologies/Collections; Life Lessons Buley, Karen, RN, BSN. Nurses on the Run: Why They Come, Why They Stay (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Anthologies/Collections; Life Lessons Caffrey, Janine Walker, Ed.D. Drive: 9 Ways to Motivate Your Kids to Achieve (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Life Lessons; Relationships Cameron, Julia. The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size (reviewed by Becky Lane) Life Lessons; Creative Life; Food/Cooking/Kitchen Cameron, Julia. The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size (reviewed by Kathy Waller) Life Lessons; Creative Life; Food/Cooking/Kitchen Cederberg, Michelle. Energy Now!: Small Steps to an Energetic Life (reviewed by Barbara L. Heller) Life Lessons; Active Life Chapman, Joyce. Celebrate Your Dream; Celebrate Your Dream Workbook (reviewed by Maggie Knorr) Chapman, Joyce. Live Your Dream; Live Your Dream Workbook (reviewed by Maggie Knorr) Chapman, Patricia Luce. Survivor's Guide to Grief: Be Like a Starfish and Grow New Legs (reviewed by Kathy Waller) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Chittister, Joan. The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Anthologies/Collections; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Clark, Mindy Starns & Georgia Varozza. Simple Joys of the Amish Life (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Food/Cooking/Kitchen Clift, Eleanor. Two Weeks of Life: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Politics (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Life Lessons Coleman, Melissa. This Life is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Memoir; History/Current Events; Life Lessons Conley, Susan. The Foremost Good Fortune (reviewed by Judy Miller) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Corrigan, Kelly. Lift (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Coyle. Margaret 'Meg'. Messages to Me: Words Collected on the Road to Silence (reviewed by Tracie Nichols) Poetry; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Day, Sonia. Middle-Aged Spread: Moving to the Country at 50 (reviewed by Linda Hoye) Memoir; Life Lessons; Nature/Place/Environment Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Memoir; Relationships; Life Lessons Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking (reviewed by Janet Caplan) Memoir; Relationships; Life Lessons Digh, Patti. Life is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Memoir; Life Lessons; Creative Life DiSesa, Nina. Seducing the Boys Club: Uncensored Tactics from a Woman at the Top (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Dreisbach, Verna, editor. Why We Ride: Women Writers on the Horses in Their Lives (reviewed by Martha Meacham) Life Lessons; Nature/Place/Environment; Animal Companions Drenth, Atherton. Following Body Wisdom: How Energy Medicine Can Help Heal (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Biography; Life Lessons; Body Language Drouin, Wil and Jennifer Thomas. Butterfly Tears: Stories of Entrapment to Empowerment (reviewed by Shawn LaTorre) Life Lessons; Memoir; Anthologies/Collections Edgar, Robin. In My Mother's Kitchen (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Memoir; Relationships; Life Lessons Edwards, Elizabeth. Saving Graces (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Memoir; Active Life; Body Language; Relationships; Life Lessons Ehrenclou, Martine. Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital Guide to Get Your Loved One Out Alive (reviewed by Barbara L. Heller) Life Lessons; Body Language Erlbaum, Janice. Have You Found Her (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Falk, Florence. On My Own: The Art of Being a Woman Alone (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Farrell, Kate, editor. Wisdom Has a Voice: Every Daughter's Memories of Mother (reviewed by Mary Jo Doig) Memoir; Life Lessons Feldman, Joy. Joyful Cooking: In the Pursuit of Good Health (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Life Lessons; Food/Cooking/Kitchen Ferguson, Kelly Kathleen. My Life as Laura: How I Searched for Laura Ingalls Wilder and Found Myself (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Memoir; History/Current Events; Life Lessons Finnamore, Suzanne. Split: A Memoir of Divorce (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Foose, Martha Hall. A Southerly Course (reviewed by Judy Alter) Life Lessons; Food/Cooking/Kitchen Ford, Anne, with John-Richard Thompson. A Special Mother: Getting Though the Early Days of a Child's Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities and Related Disorders (reviewed by Judy Miller) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Fortgang, Laura Berman. The Little Book on Meaning: Why We Crave It, How We Create It (reviewed by Deborah Robson) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Fox, Jenifer. How to Discover and Develop Your Child's Strengths (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Fox, Judy Zionts and Mia Roldan. Voices of Strength: Sons and Daughters of Suicide Speak Out (reviewed by Carol Waid) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Garfield, Charles, Cindy Spring, Sedonia Cahill. Wisdom Circles: A Guide to Self-Discovery and Community Building in Small Groups (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Geiss, Charlene and Claudia Jessup. Inner Outings: The Diarist's Deck of 33 Cards and Book of Exploration (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Gilbert, Elizabeth. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (reviewed by Stephanie Barko) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Gilbert, Elizabeth. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Giles, Laura. The Other Child: Children of Affairs (reviewed by Lisa Shirah-Hiers) Anthologies/Collections; Relationships; Life Lessons Gillespie, Spike. Quilty as Charged (reviewed by Tracie Nichols) Memoir; Life Lessons; Arts/Crafts Goldman, Connie. The Gifts of Caregiving (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Elders Goodwin, B. Lynn. You Want Me to Do What?: Journaling for Caregivers (reviewed by Kathy Waller) Life Lessons; Creative Life; Elders Grace, Maria. Reel Fulfillment: A 12-Step Plan For Transforming Your Life Through Movies (reviewed by Donna Van Straten Remmert) Graham, Barbara, editor. Eye of My Heart (reviewed by Susan Schoch) Life Lessons; Elders; Relationships Grandcolas, Lauren Catuzzi with Yvette Bozzini. You Can Do It! The Merit Badge Handbook for Grown-Up Girls (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Life Lessons; Active Life Grandcolas, Lauren Catuzzi with Yvette Bozzini. You Can Do It! Workbook (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Life Lessons; Active Life Gruenewald, Mary Matsuda. Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese-American Internment Camps (reviewed by Sherry Wachter) Memoir; History/Current Events; Life Lessons Gubar, Susan. True Confessions: Feminist Professors Tell Stories Out of School (reviewed by Judy Alter) Anthologies/Collections; Memoir; Life Lessons Gussow, Joan Dye. Growing, Older: A Chronicle of Death, Life, and Vegetables (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Memoir; Elders; Life Lessons; Nature/Place/Environment Hanauer, Cathi, editor. The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood and Marriage (reviewed by Lisa Shirah-Hiers) Anthologies/Collections; Relationships; Life Lessons Heim, Susan M. It's Twins!: Parent-to-Parent Advice from Infancy through Adolescence (reviewed by Danelle Sasser) Life Lessons; Relationships Henley, Marian. The Shiniest Jewel: A Family Love Story (reviewed by Susan J. Tweit) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Hofmann, Regan. I Have Something to Tell You (reviewed by Susan Schoch) Memoir; Life Lessons; Body Language Hoglund, Patricia. Have I Got a Story for You: A Collection of Life's Lessons (reviewed by Kathy Waller) Memoir; Life Lessons; Creative Life Holstein, Dr. Barbara Becker. The Enchanted Self: A Positive Therapy (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Holstein, Dr. Barbara Becker. The Truth: My Secret Diary. I'm 10. I'm smart. And I know everything! (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Hood, Ann. Comfort: A Journey Through Grief (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Hornbacher, Marya. Madness: A Bipolar Life (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Ingerman, Sandra. Shamanic Journeying: A Beginner's Guide (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Life Lessons Jackson, Tracey. Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Why Fifty is Not the New Thirty (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons Jacobson-Levy, Mindy and Maureen Foy-Tornay. Finding Your Voice through Creativity: The Art and Journaling Workbook for Disordered Eating (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Life Lessons; Creative Life James, Franke. Bothered by My Green Conscience (reviewed by Judy Alter) Memoir; Life Lessons Jamison, Kay Redfield. An Unquiet Mind (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Memoir; Life Lessons Johnson, Donna. Holy Ghost Girl (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Junious, Ellen Denise. Unleash the Power of Personal Advantage: 7 Keys to Unlock Your Potential for Success (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Life Lessons; Active Life Keeley, Maureen P., Ph.D. and Julie M. Yingling, Ph.D. Final Conversations: Helping the Living and the Dying Talk to Each Other (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships King, Sorrel. Josie's Story (reviewed by Donna Van Straten Remmert) Memoir; Life Lessons Kingsolver, Barbara. Small Wonder (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Kingsolver, Barbara. Small Wonder (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Kingston, Karen. Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui (reviewed by Melanie Alberts) Life Lessons; Creative Life Kinney, Kathy and Cindy Ratzlaff. Queen of Your Own Life: The Grown-up Woman's Guide to Claiming Happiness and Getting the Life you Deserve (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Memoir; Life Lessons Kinney, Kathy and Cindy Ratzlaff. Queen of Your Own Life: The Grown-up Woman's Guide to Claiming Happiness and Getting the Life you Deserve (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Memoir; Life Lessons Konigsberg, Ruth Davis. The Truth About Grief (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Life Lessons; Cultural/Gender Focus Kozel, Maggie, M.D. The Color of Atmosphere (reviewed by Judy Alter) Memoir; Life Lessons Kreinin, Tamara & Barbara Camens. Girls' Night Out: Celebrating Women's Groups Across America (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Anthologies/Collections; Life Lessons Laszlo-Gopadze, Terry, editor. The Spirit of a Woman: Stories to Empower and Inspire (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara. The Third Chapter (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Life Lessons; Elders Lerner, Harriet Goldhor. The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Body Language; Life Lessons Lester, Tanya. Confessions of a Tea Leaf Reader (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Memoir; Life Lessons Levinson, Leila. Gated Grief (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Memoir; Relationships; History/Current Events; Life Lessons Levinson, Leila. Gated Grief (reviewed by Shawn LaTorre) Memoir; Relationships; History/Current Events; Life Lessons Levy, Naomi. Hope Will Find You: My Search for the Wisdom to Stop Waiting and Start Living (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Lindbergh, Reeve. Forward from Here: Leaving Middle Age—and Other Unexpected Adventures (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Memoir; Life Lessons; Creative Life Lobenstine, Margaret. The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Life Lessons; Creative Life; Active Life Louden, Jennifer. The Life Organizer: A Woman's Guide to a Mindful Year (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Lucy, Janet and Terri Allison. Moon Mother, Moon Daughter: Myths and Rituals that Celebrate a Girl's Coming-of-Age (reviewed by Judy Miller) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Lundstrom, Meg. What To Do When You Can't Decide: Useful Tools for Finding the Answers Within (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Life Lessons; Creative Life Lustbader, Wendy. Life Gets Better (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Life Lessons; Elders; Relationships Mankiller, Wilma. Every Day is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women (reviewed by Khadijah Lacina) Life Lessons; Nature/Place/Environment; Cultural/Gender Focus; Anthologies/Collections McCorkindale, Susan. 500 Acres and No Place to Hide: More Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Memoir; Life Lessons McDonnell, Jane Taylor. Living to Tell the Tale (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Creative Life; Life Lessons Mikulka, Charlette. Peace in the Heart & Home: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Creating a Better Life for You and Your Loved Ones (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Life Lessons; Relationships Miller, Amie Klempnauer. She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (Nonbiological Lesbian) Motherhood (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Cultural/Gender Focus Miller, Lorraine. The Tapestry of Grace: Crafted by the Divine Weaver (reviewed by Penny Leisch) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Mogel, Wendy. The Blessings of a Skinned Knee (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Life Lessons; Relationships; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Murdock, Maureen. Fathers' Daughters: Breaking the Ties That Bind (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Life Lessons; Relationships Murdock, Maureen. The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Murray, Liz. Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard (reviewed by B. Lynn Goodwin) Memoir; Life Lessons Myers, Judy. Managing the Mommy Years: Effective Strategies for Coping with Motherhood (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Myers, Linda Joy. Don't Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Neale, Linda. The Power of Ceremony: Restoring the Sacred in Our Selves, Our Families, Our Communities (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Creative Life Niesslein, Jennifer. Practically Perfect (In Every Way): My Misadventures Through the World of Self-Help—and Back (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Norton, Joan and Margaret Starbird. 14 Steps to Awaken the Sacred Feminine: Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Ofri, Danielle. Medicine in Translation: Journeys with My Patients (reviewed by Susan Schoch) Memoir; Life Lessons; Cultural/Gender Focus Orsborn, Carol. The Year I Saved My (downsized) Soul (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Memoir; Life Lessons Otowa, Rebecca. At Home in Japan: A Foreign Woman's Journey of Discovery (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Cultural/Gender Focus Overton, Margaret. Good in a Crisis (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Ozma, Alice. The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books we Shared (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Padgett, Fran. Breast Cancer: No One Chose This Journey (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Life Lessons; Body Language Paris, Anne, Ph.D. Standing at the Water's Edge: Moving Past Fear, Blocks and Pitfalls to Discover the Power of Creative Immersion (reviewed by Joan Shaddox Isom) Creative Life; Life Lessons Pearl, Nancy. Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Pearl, Nancy. More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Pert, Candace B., Ph.D. Everything You Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Body Language; Life Lessons Phillips, EJ. Woman: What She Has Done With Where She Has Been (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Life Lessons; Anthologies/Collections Phillips, Jan. Divining the Body: Reclaim the Holiness of Your Physical Self (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Body Language; Life Lessons Phillips, Zara H. Mother Me (reviewed by Judy Miller) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Pierce, PJ. Let Me Tell You What I've Learned: Texas Wisewomen Speak (reviewed by Donna Van Straten Remmert) Life Lessons; Active Life; Anthologies/Collections Prisant, Carol. Dog House: A Love Story (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Memoir; Life Lessons; Animal Companions Rancour, Patrice. Tales From the Pager Chronicles (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Rancour, Patrice. The Pager Chronicles, Volume Two (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Reilly, Lee. Teaching Maggie: Letters on Life, Writing, and the Virtues of Solid Food (reviewed by Tracie Nichols) Life Lessons; Relationships; Creative Life Richardson, Kim Michele. The Unbreakable Child (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Robinson, Lynn A. Listen: Trusting Your Inner Voice in Times of Crisis (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Creative Life Rogers, Barb. Twenty-Five Words: How the Serenity Prayer Can Save Your Life (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Rogers, Susan Fox, editor. Solo: On Her Own Adventure (reviewed by Susan Schoch) Memoir; Life Lessons; Nature/Place/Environment Roiphe, Anne. Epilogue (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Memoir; Life Lessons Rosen, Kim. Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Poetry; Life Lessons; Creative Life Roth, Gabrielle. Maps to Ecstasy: Teachings of an Urban Shaman (reviewed by Paulette Rees-Denis) Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Body Language; Life Lessons Roth, Gabrielle. Sweat Your Prayers: Movement as Spiritual Passage (reviewed by Paulette Rees-Denis) Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Body Language; Life Lessons Roth, Geneen. Women Food and God (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Life Lessons; Food/Cooking/Kitchen Rubin, Gretchen. The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun (reviewed by Barbara L. Heller) Memoir; Life Lessons Rubin, Peggy. To Be and How to Be: Transforming Your Life Through Sacred Theatre (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Life Lessons; Creative Life SARK. Glad No Matter What: Transforming Loss and Change into Gift and Opportunity (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Life Lessons; Creative Life SARK. Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Life Lessons; Creative Life Sartor, Margaret. Miss American Pie (reviewed by Penny Leisch) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Scarborough, Carolyn A. Backyard Pearls: Cultivating Wisdom and Joy in Everyday Life (reviewed by Lisa Shirah-Hiers) Memoir; Life Lessons; Creative Life Seixas, Abby. Finding the Deep River Within: A Woman's Guide to Recovering Balance and Meaning in Everyday Life (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Shaffer, Veronica A. I Hear Your Cry: Women in Prison (reviewed by Carol Waid) Shannon, Lisa. A Thousand Sisters: My Journey Into the Worst Place on Earth to be a Woman (reviewed by B. Lynn Goodwin) Memoir; Life Lessons; Cultural/Gender Focus Sheehy, Gail. Passages in Caregiving: Turning Chaos into Confidence (reviewed by Susan J. Tweit) Memoir; Life Lessons; Body Language Smith, Anne Marie & Michelle Gamble-Risley. Second Bloom: 10 Steps to Reinvent, Rejuvenate and Realize a New Life (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Snyderman, Nancy L. Necessary Journeys: Letting Ourselves Learn from Life (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Sojourner, Mary. She Bets Her Life: A True Story of Gambling Addiction (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Spelman, Cornelia Maude. Missing (reviewed by Judy Alter) Memoir; Biography; Life Lessons Staal, Stephanie. Reading Women: How the Great Books of Feminism Changed My Life (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Memoir; Life Lessons; Cultural/Gender Focus Stanczak, Sherri A. From the Heart of a Mother (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Life Lessons Stover, Sara Avant. The Way of the Happy Woman: Living the Best Year of Your Life (reviewed by Judy Alter) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Straub, Gail. Returning to My Mother's House: Taking Back the Wisdom of the Feminine (reviewed by Kathy Waller) Memoir; Life Lessons; Cultural/Gender Focus Straub, Gail. Returning to My Mother's House: Taking Back the Wisdom of the Feminine (reviewed by Lisa Shirah-Hiers) Memoir; Life Lessons; Cultural/Gender Focus Sutton, Maria. The Night Sky (reviewed by Judy Alter) Memoir; History/Current Events; Life Lessons Taylor, Kristin Clark. The Forever Box (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Life Lessons Theroux, Phyllis. The Journal Keeper: A Memoir (reviewed by Susan Schoch) Memoir; Life Lessons; Creative Life Thoele, Sue Patton. The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance & Opening Your Heart (reviewed by Becky Lane) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Thomas, Marlo. Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Memoir; Life Lessons Thomas, Pattie (with Carl Wilkerson). Taking Up Space: How Eating Well & Exercising Regularly Changed My Life (reviewed by Trilla Pando) Memoir; Life Lessons; Active Life Thompson-Cannino, Jennifer and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo. Picking Cotton (reviewed by Susan Schoch) Memoir; Life Lessons; Cultural/Gender Focus Tiberghien, Susan M. Circling to the Center: One Woman's Encounter with Silent Prayer (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Life Lessons Tirabassi, Becky. Keep the Change: Breaking Through to Permanent Transformation (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Life Lessons; Body Language Trigiani, Adriana. Don't Sing at the Table: Lessons I Learned from My Grandmothers (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Life Lessons; Elders Trigiani, Adriana. Viola: In Reel Life (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Teen/Girls; Life Lessons; Relationships van der Leun, Justine. Marcus of Umbria: What an Italian Dog Taught an American Girl About Love (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Memoir; Life Lessons Wahlder, Michele. Alphatudes (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Walker, Alice. The Chicken Chronicles: Sitting with the Angels Who Have Returned with My Memories: Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, Agnes of God, The Gladyses, & Babe: A Memoir (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Weidener, Susan G. Again in a Heartbeat (reviewed by Marion Mitchell) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships Weinstein, Sheila. Moving to the Center of the Bed (reviewed by Susan Schoch) Memoir; Life Lessons; Elders Weiss, Lynn, translated by Adilia and Charles Frazer. I Like Company (Me Gusta Compañia) (reviewed by Judy Miller) Life Lessons; Relationships; Younger Readers White, Samantha M. Someone to Talk To: Finding Peace, Purpose, and Joy After Tragedy and Loss (reviewed by Sharon Lippincott) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration White, Samantha M. Someone to Talk To: Finding Peace, Purpose, and Joy After Tragedy and Loss (reviewed by Shawn LaTorre) Memoir; Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Wizenberg, Molly. A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table (reviewed by Susan Schoch) Memoir; Life Lessons; Food/Cooking/Kitchen Woodman, Marion. Leaving My Father's House: A Journey to Conscious Femininity (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Wooldridge, Susan G. Foolsgold: Making Something From Nothing and Freeing Your Creative Process (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Life Lessons; Creative Life Yen Mah, Adeline. Watching the Tree: A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Tradition, and Spiritual Wisdom (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Life Lessons; Cultural/Gender Focus Youngs, Bettie B., Ph.D, Ed.D, Susan M. Heim, Jennifer L. Youngs. Oh, Baby! 7 Ways a Baby Will Change Your Life The First Year (reviewed by Kara Flathouse) Life Lessons; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Relationships Zackheim, Victoria. The Face in the Mirror: Writers Reflect on Their Dreams of Youth and the Reality of Age (reviewed by Susan Ideus) Life Lessons; Creative Life Zackheim, Victoria, editor. For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Memoir; Life Lessons; Body Language Zailckas, Koren. Fury (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Life Lessons; Relationships