Behind Every Choice Is a Story [Hardcover]

Gloria Feldt (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press; 1 edition (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574411586
• ISBN-13: 978-1574411584
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,104,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gloria Feldt knew when she was five years old and saw her first poem recited publicly that she wanted to be a writer. But her passion for social justice propelled her life's work in a different direction first. Her latest book, "No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power ~ Tools for Leading an Unlimited Life," is the culmination of what she learned on the way.

She was a teen mom who rose to become president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She wrote her first two books, "Behind Every Choice Is a Story" and "The War on Choice," to support PPFA's mission. She then co-wrote "Send Yourself Roses" with actress Kathleen Turner, founded GloriaFeldt.com and Heartfeldt Blog, and is a keynote speaker on women's leadership, rights, health, politics, and media. She teaches "Women, Power, and Leadership" at Arizona State University and loves touring with the intergenerational feminist panel, "WomenGirlsLadies." She's proud to have been mentioned more often than Betty Friedan in Kate O'Beirne's "Women Who Make the World Worse."

Vanity Fair named Gloria to its Top 200 Women Legends, Leaders, and Trailblazers, Glamour named her Woman of the Year, and Women's e-News "21 Leaders for the 21st Century." A social media addict, (please) find her on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. She and her husband, Alex Barbanell, share six children and fourteen grandchildren.

Customer Reviews

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45 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A sincere discussion of what is really at stake, March 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Behind Every Choice Is a Story (Hardcover)

Too much of the debate around abortion and reproductive choice have missed the real issue: individual lives and choices are complicated and the freedom to make the right choice is what is at stake. This book describes real people making real, difficult decisions. It reminds us why the Supreme Court was right in recognizing that reproductive freedom is one of the most basic, fundamental rights of our citizens. Read Behind Every CHoice is A Story and remember that this is what it is all about: real people, real lives, and real choices. If you want to learn more about what the struggle is about, read this book.

30 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best reads in a long time., June 8, 2003

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Rocio Cortez (Los Angeles, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Behind Every Choice Is a Story (Hardcover)

I have never read a book as insightful and human than this book, and what it expressed.
It doesn't press the ideals of pro-choicers (for those of you who are pro-life), but instead, it gives a face to the people affected by these vary issues that so many people argue about today; people who have never and will never go through what so many woman have gone through.
All too often we forget that there are people (and their stories) behind such things as abortion, adoption, birth control, health care, child care, ecetera.
[...]
This book give a voice and a familiar face to the millions of women (the "common everyday woman")who you never get to hear speak on or during political debates.
It's a must for anyone who wants to understand the real dynamics of issues that pertain to, and affect women.

33 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elevating Our Most Contentious Debate, February 12, 2003

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Rev. Stephen J. Mather (Coronado, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Behind Every Choice Is a Story (Hardcover)

Finally, a book that transcends the shrill debate about abortion and reproductive rights. Gloria Feldt cites "living human documents" -- real first person stories -- to support her thesis that people are best left alone from intrusive "big brother" government or ecclesiastical "father knows best" edicts to make their own personal decisions about bringing a child into the world. The power of her ground breaking narrative (including references to her own life) is to lift the level of discourse from ethereal realms to the day to day struggles of women, teens and families living out their values in shifting, ambiguous contexts. The last thing they need is to have their consciences be accountable to a "higher authority." Gloria Feldt's "Behind Every Choice Is a Story" may serve as a welcome elixir to energize the pro-choice movement at this momentous time; ironically, it may also provide a bridge for opposing factions to dialogue about these stories of people who don't fit into neat black and white categories and perhaps seek common ground on the need to promote realistic sex education.