Eight case studies of women who transcended their problems to realize their dreams teach women how to become their own role models and change their lives through "self-empowerment." 20,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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Why are some women able to handle adversity while others remain victims? To find out, Chellis (Living with the Kennedys--not reviewed) interviewed dozens of women who changed themselves and their lives as they triumphed over stressful circumstances. Among her interviewees, Chellis found a pattern that she calls a process of self-empowerment. Exemplified here in the lives of eight women (ex-addicts and victims of accidents or abuse), it is a five-step sequence beginning with emotional acceptance, requiring identification with others who have similar problems, and seizing chances to make choices before finding relief and comfort. In Chellis's view--and from her own experience as a recovered alcoholic--being able to reach out and empower others is the concluding step; in other words, sharing her experiences was, for each of these women, an integral part of the process. The stories themselves are quietly inspirational: a wheelchair-bound woman who became a TV anchor; a homeless mother of ten who organized her shelter population and later became a school nurse; a ski-accident victim who won a triathlon competition. Not one of these women is famous, but all have struggled against substantial obstacles, faced failure or loss along the way, and emerged feeling successful and in control. Aware of the tenacity of resistance to change, Chellis encourages largely by example--without overemphasizing her basic themes or discounting the difficulties--and bolsters her observations with support from bestseller favorites (Judith Viorst, Bernie S. Siegel) and other insightful sources (Mary Catherine Bateson, Robert Jay Lifton, Carol Gilligan). A very satisfying account of individual triumphs and personal transformations, with strong pulling power. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
In these accounts of how eight women triumphed over accidents, addictions (including the author's alcoholism), physical and mental abuse, poverty, etc., Chellis ( Living with the Kennedys ) probes the women's spiritual depths from which they draw strength. Included are stories of a 46-year-old survivor of a near-fatal skiing accident now preparing for the 1992 Olympic triathlon races and a former heroin-addicted prostitute studying to become a women's advocacy lawyer. Chief among the survival dynamics that such women share, claims Chellis, are "self-value" and stamina to go through the stages of a "self-empowerment" process. Facing the problem and seeking support (networking) leads to implementing a new life pattern which includes serving as a role model for others--essential, the author stresses, to sustaining one's own healing. Although the book is inspirational, the advice is hardly original; groups like AA have been practicing these techniques for years.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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