The Bodacious Book of Succulence: Daring to Live Your Succulent Wild Life [Paperback]

Sark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 8, 1998

I wish for this book to catapult you out of bed and smack into the center of one of your dreams, or lure you back to bed, where you will lie helplessly laughing at all your mistakes and frozen moments.

I wish for this book to free the part of your soul that longs to write epic novels, recite Yeats by heart, play a musical instrument by magic, or perform in a play about your life that you create and design. Most of all, I want this book to give you a boost up over the fence that prevents you from moving forward and inward.

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Maya Angelou author of The Heart of a Woman We, in this world, and this weary old world itself, have a great gaping need for SARK. Let's call for more and more SARK to fill every child's book bag and each attache case. -- Review

About the Author

SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) is an author/artist and acclaimed teacher on the subject of creativity. She was featured on the PBS series Women of Wisdom and Power. She is a recovering procrastinator and perfectionist who practices what she teaches and lives in a Magic Cottage in San Francisco with her "fur husband" cat, Jupiter. You can visit her websight at www.planetsark.com or her special websight for this book at www.makeyourcreativedreamsreal.com.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Fireside; Original edition (May 8, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684833778
• ISBN-13: 978-0684833774
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,117 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) has been a transformative teacher and leader for over twenty-five years. She has written and created 15 best-selling books, and hundreds of products. She is the founder and CEO of Planet SARK, her company that creates products and services to support empowered living. Call her on the Inspiration Line at 415.546.3742 or visit http://www.planetsark.com

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ah, the refreshment of the creative life!, October 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bodacious Book of Succulence: Daring to Live Your Succulent Wild Life (Paperback)

SARK is amazing. Her books have re-awakened the sleeping creator within--the child who's been surpressed while the adult works 60 hours a week and pursue's a master's degree. Amazingly, I read this book the first day of a vacation I had fought NOT to take (how sick is that) but somehow ended up on instead. Within just a few pages, I was awakened to all the joy and laughter and life I had closeted away in order to be a successful business woman. And at that moment, I knew I could no longer go on living the same hum-drum life.

Thank you SARK for giving us permission to be lazy or paint with our fingers or giggle or nap. Thank you for reminding WHY life is worth living!

Change your life---read ANY of her books!!!

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SARK encourages living in Technicolor, November 22, 1999

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V.M. Williams - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bodacious Book of Succulence: Daring to Live Your Succulent Wild Life (Paperback)

SARK's prose reads almost like poetry, as she scrawles in her own colorful handwriting phrases and beliefs that enlighten and guide the reader with a new sense of delight and energy for living. This book is a sort of sequel to "Succulent Wild Women," which first encouraged women (mainly) to be true to themselves and begin living more in the present with a sense of a good self-centeredness. "Bodacious" starts the reader on the way to living better and truer, to thriving in this world where women's self-esteem is sabotaged in tiny ways daily and 51% of the world's population walk around subject to the standards of the double standards of the other 49%. But there is no man-bashing here. Rather, there is a lot of "up with women" vibes and even support for the men strong enough to be weak and allow women to be human. SARK's vibes and wacky ideas, combined with little notes in the margin saying "you are so loved" makes this an inspiring read for any woman ready to stand in the frail light of her own humanity.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars kudos from a SARK rookie, April 18, 2001

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"melindasbooks" (Tempe, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bodacious Book of Succulence: Daring to Live Your Succulent Wild Life (Paperback)

This was my first experience with SARK, and I was skeptical. I read the book in two nights, in a warm bath, and came out a SARK fan!! She is playful and complex at the same time - there are so many levels to her writing. If you are in the mood for a light read, this is it - in the mood for a deep thoughtful read, this is it! - don't let the childlike look of the book fool you - this woman has a lot to say, but manages to play while she says it - refreshing!