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Lucretia Grindle has written two crime novels prior to this special one: 'The Killing of Ellis Martin' and 'So Little to Die For.' On Halloween, tiny witches and ghouls made their way up the lighted path to Susan's front door by the dozens as Mark and she handed out Hershey's Kisses and bags of M&M's. Now there are Christmas trees in the drugstore and groceries, forgetting all about Thanksgiving Day in between. Next week the park scene will be lighted to sparkle through New Year's Day and beyond. There is such a thing as rushing the season.

"Without so much as a motion or a sound, the twin girls were weaving words. They slide them along the bar of light from the hall that filters under the door. Amazingly, they send phrases, paragraphs, laughter, faster and faster, like flights of moths across the dark space of the room. Braiding the strands of their secret cocoon, they practiced nightspinning." As they had grown up in rural Georgia, they silently communicated in a secret language they called "nightspinning." As they aged, they could read each other thoughts, and Susan moved away to college to get away from her doppelganger.

As in the books Daniel favors, there is killing and consequences. So, too, is it prevalent in this strange book. It is just up his alley. The climax is the song not heard since childhood she hears in her basement, like the one I hummed in the Greyhound bus. This is psychological suspense at its best. When I saw this book in the library, I knew I had to do it especially for DB. Mark laughs at his nonsense.

A little bit of a slow start but once it takes off, I was really turning pages. Susannah's trip back to her past was handled nicely. She isn't a very likeable character (and neither was her murdered sister) and that alone creates some nice suspense. You are suspicious of her as well as everyone else. Nice surprise ending. A quick read overall.

I enjoyed this book once the story took off, I just wish it had piqued my interest earlier. Overall a decent thriller. I felt the title was misleading; don't pick up this book expecting any interesting "nightspinning," as I did, because there is almost none.

"The Nightspinners" is extremely slow. Extremely. Nothing really starts to actually happen until you're about 150 pages in the book, which is may I mention halfway through the story. I found myself more bored than thrilled and kept hoping that something would happen. And when things DO finally happen they're not even that scary. I mean, being stalked and all is scary, but let's just say that the complications are unsatisfying. For instance, I find myself sticking with the story, giving it a fair shot, waiting for something to happen, and when that something does happen, it's something like "Oh! Her dog was poisoned!" or "Dear Heavens! Someone carved the word 'Bitch' on her car door!". I'm sorry, but those sort of things don't tend to strike any chords of fear within my psyche.
And also may I add that you'd think for a book called "The Nightspinners", there'd be some damn "nightspinning", right? But no, there's practically none whatsoever to be found.
The book does do a good job with introducing characters/"suspects" and keeping you guessing about who it might be, but in the "reveal" I could've cared less. I really could. I honestly think that if you want to read something that'll keep you guessing and interested in it's story, you should look elsewhere.

I have had this book a while and finally got around to reading it. I thought it was really suspenseful, creepy and I really liked the characters. I kept thinking I had it figured out, but I must admit, the author got me in the end. I liked it so much, I was hoping the author had more books out, guess I have to wait.Anyway, this is book worth the read if you like psychological(hope I spelled that right) suspense.

I've just started reading this book. Since its a daily devotional it will take a year to read, but it's 'easy reading', easy because it only takes a few minutes to read your devotion of the day. Written by Christian women for womeon of faith, with their input and life experiences, that you can relate to. I bought 1 book for myself and gave 2 as gifts.

This book was inspirational, full of humor as well as giving you daily bible verses to read. I have given it to many people and they all love it as well. I highly recommend.

Unfortunately this book was not at all what I was expecting. Next time I will be sure to make use of the samples amazon posts. All in all it's not a bad book just not what expected. I thought it was an actual daily devotional with daily study guide information but it is just a story for every day of the year.

This book has been such an inspiration to me. Written by women of great senses of humor and of deeply held faiths in God, each daily devotion brings joy and an uplifting message. I received my book from my beautiful daughter-in-law for Christmas and I have recently purchased it as a birthday gift for my bible study leader. I recommend this for all.

I was definately disappointed with this devotional. While I appreciated the lighthearted, uplifting approach to daily quiet times I was hoping for something with more depth and insight. I was worried that each daily reading was based on a single verse rather than within the context of a biblical passage. This led to (in my humble opinion) some writings that were slighly out of context with the original meaning of the verse within the biblical passage. Needless to say I'm back on the market for a new daily devotional.

First, let me say that the artwork is really cool.

The story though... it's about what you'd expect from a dream. It jumps around a lot. I like it, my nieces like it, but I can appreciate that some kids might not get it. That's cool.

Very short, as well. If your kid gets into it, that means it's great for hurried bedtimes.

While perhaps not for those who want a very traditional children's story about penguins, etc., this book has been a big hit in our household. Its somewhat disconnected images and text are not in a linear story--they're meant to give the sense of a dream. And they're well done.

I picked up PENGUIN DREAMS because penguins are one of my favorite animals and I'm always on the lookout for a good penguin book to share with children I know. The book doesn't have a lot of words and has some really interesting pictures. Basically, there's this penguin called Chongo Chingi (sounds like a monkey name to me) who falls to sleep and has a dream. And what a bizarre dream it is. I'm not sure how much younger children will enjoy this book, but for those around kindergarten age and older it might be a hoot. Actually, even though it's a children's book, adults are probably the people who can most appreciate the book's artistic splendor. Little kids will probably find it boring.

Please borrow this from your local library before you purchase the book. We are so thankful that we did. We were looking for penguin-themed books for our smart 28 mo. old daughter and thought this looked great. We were stunned. The story line does not track well from page to page, the illustrations are too abstract and cluttered for most children under age 6, and the story itself is not fantasy: it's very odd. We can appreciate busy illustrations, and stories with few words but lots of pictures, but this book is just plain strange. Do borrow it before you buy and decide for yourself.

A nice little dream journey by j.otto Seibold and V.L. Walsh for the very young book-looker. Chongo Chingi is a penguin who dreams of flying, all the way to outer space, then is woken up by the alarm clock. Very few words here, much fewer than most of their books. Also simpler drawings on most pages with a few spreads of the famously inventive j.otto detail. Might not appeal as much to older readers as most j.otto books but still recommended.

Because Sham was such a great horse, but had the misfortune of being born in the same crop as Secretariat, it is important that someone finally took the time to help the world remember this unjustly underrated horse. Too bad that Sham ran the second fastest Kentucky Derby ever on the same day Secretariat ran the fastest! In most years Sham would probably have won the Triple Crown. As at least one other reviewer mentioned, this book does have factual errors. (None of which are Sham's fault.) One that popped out at me was the author's statement on page 205 that War Admiral's death was reported about the time Sham was syndicated, which was in 1973. War Admiral died in 1959. In spite of this, thank goodness Walsh has written a book about Sham.

I have always said that writers of Thoroughbred biography have to be more than just reporters of brute facts and figures. The best are also poets because at times the poetic image is the only medium capable of describing what horses do. To give sense and image to the motion of a horse requires strokes of words that weave and paint the drama of action and outcome: from the simple materials of walking and trotting to the more complex dangers involved in the midst of racing, from the wrenching experience of defeat to the elation of victory. Mary Walsh has just that talent. From her descriptions of Sham in flight, when he made his moves I could feel the sting of the wind and dirt as it pelted the skin; I could sense the adrenaline rushing through the veins of his riders as they made split second decisions that proved either decisive in victory or critical in defeat. I could experience the sudden bursts of acceleration and the ground swallowing power of Sham's stride as he closed on opponents in the decisive stretches and moments of races. I participated in the joy of his connections in his victories and sympathized with them in his losses, particularly those against Secretariat. And when Sham broke down in the early part of his first workout 4 weeks following the Belmont Stakes, one could comprehend the loss his administrators and trainers endured as his streak of misfortunes appeared never to end. Miss Walsh's representation seemed to treat it as the final outcome of that fateful race. It was a day that almost cost him his life. Instead of returning to the call of the track, his owners syndicated him to a productive stud career at Spendthrift Farm where 70 percent of his starters won races which included close to 50 winners at the stakes level. The cumulative earnings of all his runners summed well into the millions.

Sham was destined to pass away almost unnoticed some twenty years and three days after his remarkable performance in the Santa Anita Derby in 1973. It was the race that gave his trainer Frank Martin such hope in his future. That victory in the blush of youth is how he should be remembered. His descent into obscurity in the wake of his defeats to Secretariat has not been warranted. One is left with a sense of injustice at the simplicity of his Walmac gravestone, but moved that someone there has seen it fit to continuously honor his remains with vases of flowers. Mary Walsh's account of his final moments at the age of 23 is heartfelt. Here I add a personal but smaller version:

"Perhaps in the fog of sleep, the Big Red Tormentor appeared and challenged him once again, but this time on a different track, in a different place, and in a different space. Sham being Sham, always courageous and full of heart, jumped as if something deep within him had awakened, and then pawed high into the early morning sky. In less than an instant, he accepted the challenge."

This work on Sham is long overdue simply because without this powerful challenger, we would not know the Secretariat we know today. Both Sham and Secretariat broke the Kentucky Derby and Preakness records in their duels that season, an unprecedented feat in the history of the Triple Crown. It is the belief of many that but for 1973, Sham could have won most if not all other attempts at the laurel. Certainly, he had the potential to grace the Hall of Fame and may have achieved that end had his career not been cut short.

We give thanks to Mary Walsh for her hard work and for bringing back memories of this wonderful and courageous champion, an honor long deserved.

Thank you Mary.

Sham was a great horse in his own right. I loved Secretariat, and he's still my all time favorite race horse, but I admired Sham a great deal. Like many, I wish he'd been born in a different year so he could have received the attention he deserved. I was so glad to find a book about him, finally! I bought and read it immediately. I loved it, and would recommend it to anyone who watched he and Secretarat duel it out.

Nice story about not only Sham, but his contemporaries as well. Numerous pictures enhanced the book. The only thing I believe was incorrect by Walsh was the race announcer for the 1973 Kentucky Derby was Chic Anderson and not Jack Whitaker as she said. Whitaker did other reporting and commentating, such as Sham loosing two teeth in the Derby.

Sham is the forgotten champion in the titanic 1970s of Thoroughbred racing. Author Mary Walsh sheds light on a career that lasted 13 races (five wins and places, respectively, and one show finish, at ages two and three), but was pushed into the shadows by the legendary Secretariat.

In a four-race sequence in 1973, Sham (second place) defeated Secretariat (third place) in the Wood Memorial, kicked home to a pair of closing second place finishes to Big Red in the Kentucky Derby (running the second fastest time ever) and Preakness Stakes. But in the Belmont Stakes, Sham's jockey, Laffit Pincay, Jr., was instructed to challenge Secretariat every step of the race......

......Walsh does an outstanding job in exploring Sham's life, with quality summaries of the races, including a wealth of photos, and dispelling the myths surrounding his health after the Belmont Stakes, with a good analysis into the cause of the mid-July injury that forced his retirement.

Sham died at age 23 in April 1993. And even in death, the legacy of Secretariat kept him in second place. The necropsy of both racers found each with enlarged hearts, but Big Red's was larger by a couple pounds.

A biography of Sham should have made it onto the track years ago. Walsh makes the wait well worth it.

The opening chapter pulled me right in with its immediacy and intrigue. Nothing is sure. Every description adds to the shadows and vagueness. In the end, though, the book didn't quite live up to my hopes as a novel. But the book is still a great read. The characters are expertly painted and the narrative that examines events from the eyes of different people through different times is interesting. The questions posed are important and sometimes get in the way of the story. The author's skill is apparent but I stumbled from time to time over the narrative. Read in light of and author like Sarte whose novels are a thin veil for his philosophical studies the work makes more sense.

I just finished this book and it is absolutely wonderful. It portrays the same event through diffent eyes and times, and the end result is not a grand resolution, but life. I will read this book again.

I cannot recommend stronly enough Jill Paton Walsh's gripping and edifying novel of communism in Czechoslovakia after WWII "A Desert in Bohemia". It is a "must read" for everyone from age 14 to 94.

The strength of the novel derives not just from the historical aspects, but from the nine interwoven characters who are all compelling and haunting.

I recognized the title of this book immediately as having been taken from my favorite Shakespearian play, "The Winter's Tale." Since I love that play so much I thought I just might love this book as well.

"A Desert in Bohemia" is set in the fictional eastern European country of Comenia during the years between the appearance of the Iron Curtain at the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

"A Desert in Bohemia" includes a cast of characters...this is essentially an ensemble book...however, the first character we meet is Eliska.

The year is 1945 and Eliska, the only survivor, is emerging from the common grave where more than 300 of her fellow villagers lie dead. Frightened and bloodstained, Eliska makes her way to what she believes is an abandoned castle and finds that it is not abandoned at all...there is a baby inside. The castle is the ancestral family home of the Blansky family and, although it is not entirely deserted (bread is rising on the table and milk is warming on the stove), it does contain many secrets.

Only a few hours later, Jiri, an idealistic young communist makes his appearance in the house and, shortly after Jiri, we meet Count Michael Blansky, the castle's owner. Next to seek refuge in the house is Slavomir, Jiri's Red Army comrade. Slavomir is just as dedicated to the cause of communism as is Jiri, although he is driven primarily by a need for power.

Growing unrest (and the false charge of being a Nazi sympathizer) causes Count Blansky to feel the need to leave the house (and Comenia) and he soon flees to England and seeks asylum with his son, Pavel. Blansky's neighbor, Frantisek Konecny, however, chooses to remain and his life will become entwined with the lives of those now living in the Blansky castle.

Paton Walsh certainly puts her remaining characters through much trauma: forced labor, torture, imprisonment, betrayals, terror, corruption of all kinds and even forced psychiatric hospitalization.

Although I didn't think this book quite came together as it should have, it does contain some lovely set pieces. The saddest occurs when Count Michael, who has been living near the border of Comenia, manages to gain surreptitious entrance to that country with his granddaughter, Kate, in an effort to have one last look at Libohrad, his ancestral home. What he finds instead is heartbreaking and it involves Eliska, Jiri and the baby found in the castle, now a young woman named Nadezda.

The characters' stories do intertwine very nicely and Paton Walsh does a good job in bringing philosophical questions to her narrative without sounding heavy-handed. But the book does seem to change its focus near the middle, or just before. What began as a marvelous book of ideas and of the effects of communism on a disparate group of characters, becomes a thriller instead. It was much better as a book of ideas.

The ending of the book also presented problems for me. I found the rather happy ending experienced by most of the characters to be too pat, too hopeful and almost too "sweet." I would have preferred to read about a more realistic portrayal of communism and circumstances in eastern Europe today.

"A Desert in Bohemia" isn't a bad book at all, but neither is it an outstanding one, or even one above the ordinary. It has some lovely set pieces and some memorable scenes. It is well-written, but for me, at least, it just didn't come together. It just didn't gel.

This book although competently written, did not live up to my expectations. Scenic descriptions are adequate. The opening is strong and full of promise. I also liked the final chapter and the story resolution, but the big middle lags. Walsh knows how to hit all the right notes as she interweaves the lives of two families from post World War II Czechoslovakia through Communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union: the expatriot issues, the ideologic clashes, Nazism versus Communism versus capitalism, the breakup and reuniting of families caught in the wave of political history. She even gives a plausible explanation of the psychological motivation of each character. Yet, the result is emotionally unsatisfying. It as though these characters walked across a stage and you were told all about them, assured of their complexity, but never got inside their skins. The plot requires tension and an emotional response within the reader. I felt like I was reading an instructive young people's story, but as an adult I wanted more. I didn't want the author to hold back. This is supposed to be an adult novel. Also, the happy outcome for most of the main characters seems too easy in light of history. Finally, I couldn't get past the feeling that the Comenians (from a fictional region of Czechoslovakia) were really Brits in disguise. This may sound unfair, but in a like comparison of another recent Cold War novel by British author, Martin Booth, "The Industry of Souls", there is no cross culturism in the characters. They talk and act the way one would expect. However, A Desert in Bohemia is worth reading for the philosophical and psychological issues that it raises, and which are still timely in the New Europe.

I didn't even know this short film was made into a book! For me, I remember watching this film when I was a little girl. This book brings back fond memories of watching this on the Disney Channel around Christmas time. It's a sweet story with a beautiful ending about a humble little donkey who has a very special job to do. Disney would never create a film like this with a Christian focus in today's age, so, in my opinion, this is a rare find.

This is a wonderful Christmas story. Its about the love of animals and humans (in this case a child). The book is in wonderful condition and we rec'd it well packaged and in good time. Wonderful book for children.

My sister bought my 16 yr old daughter this book when she was little since then i have had 2 more girls that LOVE this book. Since they responded so well. I started buying it for gifts and everyone i have ever given it to, as recently as xmas, has given excellent reviews.

Granted this book maybe nothing like the original story. However, it does contain the heart of the original story. The message of love, sacrifice, hope, and how God has a plan for everyone comes through clear. True, most of the language is simple, but that's to be expected of a book based on a Disney film based off a classical work. Though this may not be as powerful as the original, it contains the essence of the story and for that, it's a book worth reading.

This is one of my favorite children's books. It is about a little boy who loves his donkey, Small One, but the donkey is old and weak. The boy's father cannot afford the donkey anymore. The boy goes into town to sell Small One. Small One is willing to sacrifice his life for the boy, but the boy will not allow it.

This is a cute and inspiring tale of friendship. I would definitely recommend this book to people. This book teaches us a lesson. There is no greater love than to lay down your life for a friend. The ending of the story is great. You won't be disappointed!

Great book wiht a variety of views from Grof, Wilber, Jung, etc. For those wanting to expand themselves in the transpersonal.

My first reading in transperosnal psychology. The range of texts, the editing, the relevance and the selection itself make this the best introduction to transpersonal psychology. A typically American product of the highest quality. Highly recommended.

This book is touted as linking "us to the timeless wisdom of the ages." Its wisdom is about the equivalent of a cow patty splatting on a flat rock. Seriously, it's highly academic and seems to me designed to be read by phd types who are researching a thesis. Anyway, I couldn't finish it. I wanted how-to and got endless "erudite" discussion of well, something like the old theme of how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. But no methodology for "doing" anything but sputter.
Robert

I was so relieved and pleasantly surprised when I opened up and began to read "Paths Beyond Ego." As this was a required text for my university class of Transpersonal Psychology, and just one of many text books I have to read, this wonderfully written book makes study time a joy. So often school text is very dry and technical so as to require the use of a dictionary every paragraph, just to get the idea of what point the author is trying to relay. Roger Walsh and Frances Vaughan use brilliant examples and metaphors in the form of stories and poems that keep your interest and explain difficult concepts in the simplest ways. This is a wonderful addition to any library that focuses on transpersonal issues.

This book is a wonderful series of essays for those of us interested in transpersonal experiences. It was very inspiring and helped me experientially get closer to transcendence. The richness in content comes from many people discussing the transpersonal experience from many different perspectives. I'd highly recommend this book. Another book on transpersonal psychology I'd recommend is "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato. It is the best book that explains what transcendence really means! It explains these things in a way that everyone can understand! Both books are excellent!

.............I think he does a wonderful job at putting these works together. The only bone I have a the moment is that Mr. Walsh tends to make all his victims heroes/saints/outstanding figures of society. That cannot be true. All victims are not saint-like. Conversely, the bad guys have no worthy trauma in their background. Cut and dried, bad is bad, no slack from Mr. Walsh. I'm still thinking about that theory.

John Walsh is one of my heroes. This book, as his others, is another excellent in-depth look at Walsh's recent cases on America's Most Wanted. This book starts with a bang and keeps up the pace. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to protect themselves and their families from the becoming victims. These cases will open your eyes.

I have always been an admirer of John Walsh and this book reinforces that belief. The way he refocused his grief and anger after the murder of his son into a crusade for justice for victims of crime and their family is a testament to the his sincerity. I enjoyed reading about the behind the scene stories involving the cases profiled. Especially the funny stories during his ride along with police officers for an episode of COPS.

The book reinforces the importance of keeping your eyes open and reporting any suspicious activities. The police can't be everywhere. They need the eyes and ears of the general public. Time and time again have proven that it's viewer tips which have helped police catch these scumbags. Imagine what would have happened if someone in that apartment building had reported the suspicious odor coming from Ira Eichorn's apartment right away? Holly Maddux's family would not still be waiting for justice. He would not have had over 15 years of freedom in Europe. I did not know that my senator, Arlen Specter was his lawyer. I wonder what he says now about his famous client - his arguements for bail was ludicrous. The judge was insane to grant such a low bail but he had friends in high places and money & fame talks.I don't regularly watch AMW but I think I will now.

As an avid fan of America's Most Wanted and host John Walsh, I first began reading his books on the cases when No Mercy was released. When I visited my library recently and found that hehad just published a third book (second dealing with cases from AMW), I was on it without delay. After reading the book, I was not disappointed at all.

Unlike the last 2 books, this one goes a step further and shows us what really happens with the cases after the cameras are off. They don't sit around and sip coffee or pound down donuts...the people who work on the cases featured in the book show that with a little dogged determination and hard work, the fugitives of AMW are caught with amazing speed and rarely with extreme violence.

The book also touches the raw emotional level that we feel for the victims of the crimes and those affected by the senseless acts. I was heartbroken when I read the chapter on the woman who lost her seven-year-old daughter to drug violence and got the justice that she wanted for herself and her child, only to pass away a few years later.

But there are those rare times in the book where you can laugh a little at the exploits of the AMW team. The chapter which features a AMW/Cops crossover features the funny moment when John, assisting in the somewhat hilarious capture of a thief, suddenly gets crushed when the guy is cut from a fence and lands on the one thing closest to him...John.

I loved the book and I hope that John and the AMW team release a new edition with more cases in the not too distant future.

John Walsh is great at fighting crime and has found a new voice in writing about the criminals he helps take off the streets. Pulblic Enemies grabs you at the begining and holds on tight. Every story is chilling and you are glad that John Walsh is out there watching over us like a big brother. The story of the Yosemite murders was particularly chilling. It thoroughly explains how the women where in a very dark and secluded section of the Motel. It actually gave me the creeps. Mr. Walsh does not exploit the victims or their families, he just tells the story like it is and leaves the reader with a real empathy for the people involved.

After Ideology is a courageous effort to sketch a postmodern path to the recovery of civilization after a bloody century of ideological war. Democracy is not a stone: it won't subsist on its own. When cut of from its spiritual foundations it becomes deformed and sick. We can continue to wallow in ideological exhaustion and nihilism pretending the 20th Century never happened or we can look at the horror from the "inside" through the eyes of Solzhenitsyn, Voegelin, Dostoevsky and Camus and begin to understand that democracy is as much a matter of spirit as of institutional arrangements.

David Walsh is an excellent guide to the thought of these men (particularly Eric Voegelin) and page after page contains arresting observations which will require the serious reader to engage in profound self-examination. We must find a way out of the ideological box if we are to survive in society. We have not done so yet. After Ideology is a good place to start.

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison must be spinning in their graves. This book seeks to undo everything they worked to achieve for us. Tolerance is tossed, in favor of a very narrow pseudo-Christian ideology of buttinsky selfishness.

David Walsh provides an essential meditation on this rather destructive century. Through his masterful dissection of the life and work of such prescient minds as Dostoevsky, Solzhenitsyn, Camus, and Voegelin, Walsh articulates a visionary understanding of the importance -- at the close of this millennium -- of recovering the spiritual foundations of freedom. Walsh offers an excellent diagnosis on the dead end of "modernity" coupled with a prescription for healing the afflictions of the modern soul -- to ascend from the depths. I first read After Ideology back in 1990 under Professor Walsh's tutelage. Though my overall perspective may have changed since then, I still find Walsh's insight as invaluable now as I did as his student.

David Walsh's book is far more than a Christian critique of modernity. Through his profound readings of Solzhenitsyn, Camus, Dostoevsky, and Voegelin, he makes a compelling--even thrilling--case that the real "solution" to modernity's systematic impoverishment of our souls' longing for transcendence must come not from the facile rejection of modernity's values but from an immersion and understanding of these values so complete that it bottoms out in despair. Only a purgative suffering of the human and spiritual emptiness of the various ideological solutions can allow us to open our souls to a fresh experience of grace--we must pass through the fire of modern atheism and secular humanism in order to burn free of the unrealities inherent in these systematic rejections of divine order. If the book has a fault, it may be that it is too optimistic about the inevitability of this process unfolding on a large scale; but hope is a forgivable virtue. This is a beautifully written, closely reasoned book capable of changing lives.

David Walsh's AFTER IDEOLOGY is a fantastic piece of work. It comes closer to being the book I have been looking for than anything I have yet read. It almost overwhelms me. Unfortunately, he attempts to do the impossible: Present the Answers about man which are available in theology and imperative for true human fulfillment and happiness - in the language of philosophy.
I understand his reasoning - most people have been led by the prevailing mentality or paradigm to think that theology is claptrap. But, there is no way the creature will ever be able to see and understand himself without submitting to the will of his Creator, without at least approximating that old "God's Eye View", which also goes by the name of "objectivity". Self-centeredness (anthropocentrism) looks good, but it goes nowhere. Without theology - the Queen of The Sciences - all we can do is stumble in the dark. Without theology we are "blind".
This will remain true no matter how brilliant the philosophers become. Walsh's book contains just about all the correct theological insights needed to achieve the freedom from ignorance we need, the "truth that makes one free". But, without the hard core theology, especially concerning The Problem - Original Sin - we will continue to spin our wheels. Of course I have not read anything he has written since 1990. I had better get busy.

While the book is well-written, there are no answers here. There are women who need to stick to their priorities and accept the tradeoffs that come with them (Meredith Viera) and who need to take a realistic look at the choices they've made (Rachael Worby). These are women having trouble making a career and family function despite having no real financial constraints, yet they still can't do it. I suppose this should make the rest of us feel better, but I found it quite depressing.

I adored this book. The stories of Meredith (of THE VIEW)and others touched my heart in ways I never imagined. I couldn't put it down.. a must read!

I've read alot of magazines on women in the working world; but, none of them ever step thru the decision making process this well. These are people facing extremely tough challenges, usually alone (or with friends who are not actually in the same "trenches", but are looking at the challenge from afar.)

These are brave people, on their own - working thru challenges; How else will i learn about the challenges i have yet to face but through stories like this. I do not learn from tv or movies - nor from newspaper articles or magazines - i do not see these types of stories anywhere. There is room for them and there is a big need for them. Women with daughters should read this; women with a passion for their careers should also; women debating whether or not to have children at a later point in their life should read this.

It is written with tolerance for other opinions which so many stories and people today are lacking. It was really enjoyable...

I'm writing this review primarily to refute Milly's poor rating of this book. While I completely agree with her comments about Meredith and Rachel, I feel the author did an excellent job portraying all the women for who they truly are. It is a relief to see that people who seem to have it all really are like the rest of us and struggle with the same issues we do. It is also wonderful to see the different ways these women deal with their issues, whether they do so in a healthy manner or not.

This book helped me realize my life isn't so bad and that I do ok dealing with my own issues. Thus, I recommend this to all working women as you are bound to benefit from it in one way or another.

The struggles in this book touched my soul. Perhaps because I'm a journalist, I could totally relate to Meredith Vieira. And even though it has been four years since I've read it, I can still recall vividly the image of her crying at her kitchen table. Balancing work and the roles of wife and mother is a minute-by-minute-challenge for almost every working woman I know! If working women had more time on their hands, this would be a best seller! Buy, borrow, or steal this book....