Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love - Softcover

Dowrick, Stephanie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393318206 ISBN 13: 9780393318203

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997

Synopsis

A brilliantly clear, optimistic book which shows how the great humane virtues can help in times of hardship and lead to a joyful, trusting, enriched life. When beset by a series of life-changing personal crises, psychotherapist Stephanie Dowrick remembered what she had learned early in her training: there are qualities-the great ancient virtues-that shape life for the better and can be called upon in times of need. Dowrick grounds her work in real lives and incidents, drawing on those times when people needed the strength provided by one of the virtues to move on with their lives. She ranges widely in Eastern and Western philosophy and spirituality as well as psychology to explore courage, fidelity, restraint, generosity, tolerance, and forgiveness. Is it possible to be generous and successful? Should we forgive someone who has hurt us deeply? Through stories memorably told, she shows that far from being dull or constraining, these virtues have much to teach us about honor, endurance, tolerance, steadfastness, and, above all, love.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephanie Dowrick is the author of Intimacy and Solitude, The Intimacy and Solitude Workbook, and Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love, all available in paperback from Norton. Co-founder and chair of the Women’s Press, Dowrick is a practicing psychotherapist. She lives in New South Wales, Australia with her two children.

Review:

You may find yourself making notations in the margins or stopping to savor a passage. Heartfelt writing often has that effect. -- Newsday, Carrie Mason-Draffen, 5 January 1999

[Stephanie Dowrick] is a lilting genius of the inner worlds. -- Sark, author of Succulent Wild Woman

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0393318206
• ISBN 13: 9780393318203
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372