Called to Healing: Reflections on the Power of Earth's Stories in Women's Lives [Paperback]

Jean Troy-Smith (Author)

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• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (July 3, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791429768
• ISBN-13: 978-0791429761
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #590,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Literary Alchemy, June 15, 1999

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Patricia Commins, [e-mail] (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Called to Healing: Reflections on the Power of Earth's Stories in Women's Lives (Paperback)

Called to Healing is an exquisite blend of memoir and literary study of the myths that define what Jean Troy-Smith calls the "power of earth stories" in our lives. She explains not only this earth force -- call it intuition or the whisper of the Divine -- in our contemporary (and harried)lives, but also the mythological context. I recently heard Jean speak at a conference and was amazed at her ability to explain this topic to an audience with warmth, humor and feeling, without giving a "lecture." Called to Healing is literary alchemy...