Women Alone (Creating a Joyous & Fulfilling Life) - Softcover

Jenson, Ione

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156170119X ISBN 13: 9781561701193

Publisher: Hay House, 1995

Synopsis

The authors reveal how women of all ages can achieve fulfillment in every aspect of their lives without a mate by their side.

About this title

About the Author:

Julie Keene was formerly a professor of language and literature at Ferris State University in Michigan and is an ordained Unity minister. She now works and lives at the Holo Centre in Idaho and conducts workshops with a focus upon spiritual and psychological growth. Ione Jensen was formerly a professor at Ferris State University in Michigan, where she taught literature, composition, and a course in women's studies; and also served as a minister in Unity churches throughout the country. Ione now lives and work at the Holo Center, a retreat community in Hayden Lake, Idaho.

From Publishers Weekly:

For women who are just coming to grips with the idea that they will be heading through life without a partner, this book of advice touching on topics from the financial to the cosmic may be of some help. For the more self-possessed, advice on conquering loneliness (write letters; explore the rewards of "journaling"; get a pet) or financial anxiety (clip coupons; buy used clothes, cars; attend bargain matinees; use libraries) will seem simplistic. Of greater merit, if still commonsensical, is the oft-repeated general advice not to deplete all one's energy looking for a mate and to consider innovative cohabitation arrangements that combine support and independence. Jenson and Keene write in a style that is undoubtedly meant to be soothing and upbeat but is in fact anodyne and inelegant in the extreme ("the need to move from the solely nuclear blood family paradigm that has long existed into a new way of thinking that encompasses different kinds of nonrelated-family experiences"). The authors have included many personal stories, but not all of them offer broader meaning (e.g., "She realized that she had a choice. She could choose to feel depressed and miserable, or she could find a way to make the best of it. So, she decided to relax and read a good book. When it was time to eat, she made herself a sandwich from some sausage that was in the refrigerator. The experience turned out to be a very empowering one....").
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About this edition

• Publisher: Hay House
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 156170119X
• ISBN 13: 9781561701193
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224