A Nourishing Life [Paperback]

Katharine P. Riddle (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Pentland Press (NC) (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571971831
• ISBN-13: 978-1571971838
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,006,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Empowering Nourishment, July 22, 2000

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Carolyn Thomas (Daytona Beach, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Nourishing Life (Paperback)

Katherine Parker Riddle has written a book that weaves a spell as you follow her life in India, China and the United States. She also takes us on visits to many other countries of the world as she fights for world nutrition and to help women to empower themselves. Along the route, the reader not only encounters meetings with world leaders, but equally with people from all castes of life.

The book holds the reader's attention as we travel with Katherine through her life in India first as a missionary's daughter. We read about the roles she must perform as a daughter in the limelight. We then see Katherine in the role of a minister's wife as she moves to China and leaves there as a refugee, returning once again to her beloved India, this time in the role of wife and mother. Katherine begins here to empower and nourish herself as she reaches out to others. Years later we find Dr. Katherine Riddle returning to India once again, not as a wife or a daughter, but as a woman who is respected around the world for her own works.

As a reader that could not put down "A Nourishing Life", I recommend the book not only for the interesting tales of living and traveling in the East in the early 1920's,with return trips to the present time, but also because the book opens the readers' hearts and minds to the possibilities awaiting us to nourish not only ourselves,but others too, if we only empower ourselves to move forward.

In conclusion, I find "A Nourishing Life" to be a five star read that both nourishes and motivates, as well as telling an accurate story about life as an expatriate.

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Better Than a "Good Read", July 12, 2000

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Joan Davis Carpenter (Prescott, Arizona USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Nourishing Life (Paperback)

A Nourishing Life is a real story about an interesting woman's life experiences. Kittu Riddle was born in India of missionary parents and later became a minister's wife living in China. She tells of the challenges she faces as the daughter and wife of a missionary father and husband.

Kittu's life focus is to help women and children improve their lives through improved and nourishing diets. When she returns to the United States to live, she continues this focus. She also works to nourish the soul.

After raising four children, Kittu begins to explore her relationships with women. She falls in love and is involved in a long term relationship with a woman. To help women find their own power and spirituality, she opens "Nourishing Space" in the Arizona desert.

Kittu is leading a "nourishing life." She has faced many challenges-cancer, serious car accident. She views them all as positive experiences.

This book is better than a "good read." Kittu's life is a spiritual and positive example for all women and men, and I felt wonderful after reading it.