Soaring Into the Storm: A Book about Those Who Triumph Over Adversity

Soaring Into The Storm is a simple book of wisdom and healing that has touched many lives, and has been a source of support to those who have faced- or who are facing adversity, including healing from divorce, day-to-day recovery issues, dealing with unexpected life changes, and recovering from the loss of a loved one. It has a timeless message that transcends gender and age, and is written in a way that all can understand. The author interviewed many people the world over who had triumphed over adversity. The book begins with a simple story that movingly illustrates the universal wisdom gathered from these interviews. The story is followed by a reference section that provides detailed step-by-step information and includes interviews with people raging from eight years, to seventy-two years of age. Through word of mouth alone the book entered its second printing (20,0000) just three months after its release. It has found its way across the U.S. and to Australia and South Africa (where it is being used to aid those who have suffered under apartheid).

Ms. Asher's seemingly simple parable is like a rare ore, strong and yet infinitely malleable, and her illustrations are enchanting. (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis)

This is a story that needs to be written, that children need to be told, that adults need to remember, for it deals with a subject which is inevitably part of all our lives. (Dr. Joyce Brothers)

There is a place for Soaring Into The Storm in family libraries, within teacher education programs and in the hands of recovery counselors. It will be used by multicultural specialists who find that human realities are indeed globally lived and felt. (Marilyn Turkovich, Multicultural Specialist, Author of Dangerous Memories)

A beautifully written, insightful message of compassion and understanding. (Dr. Ruth Selman, United Nations NGO Representative, American Montessori Society and Youth Issues)

This tender story will help both young and old find courage in their vulnerability and inspiration in dark times. (Dr. David Feinstein, Author of Personal Mythology)

Soaring Into The Storm is beautiful and so true! Wonderful metaphors! I am using it currently in my work. (Harvard University Senior Social Worker, Suzanne Vogel)

Never before have I read a book which so eloquently adapts its characters and message to the reader's current situation! Each time I read it, the swans transform into some other important figures in my life, sometimes male, sometimes female. How did she do that? (Carol Remz Ph.D., Remedial Reading Specialist)

The way emotions color the learning process affects not only the application but also the appropriate retrieval of learning. This important issue is elegantly addressed by the beautiful analogies that unfold during the story. (Dr. Judith Peters, Neurophysiologist)