Ergebnis für "Soul" in Frauen

From the award-winning historian and author of Longstreet, the first major biography of Clara Barton in over forty years, asserting her foundational importance in humanitarian work and American politics. As a Civil War nurse and the founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton became one of...

Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize An Uncut Magazine Book of the Year A Rough Trade Book of the Year A Resident Book of the Year The story of soul legend P.P. Arnold is one of musical highs, personal lows and extraordinary endurance. From her origins in powerhouse church gospel, the...

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes “a bold exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, love and more” (Associated Press). “The Soul of a Woman is Isabel Allende’s most liberating book yet.”—Elle “When I say that I was a feminist in...

Mary Murray Bosrock's heartfelt stories of growing up a baby boomer in Sandusky, Ohio will make you wish you could blink your eyes and join the Murray family at the dinner table of 124 East Madison Street. This Catholic tale recalls an era where innocence reigned and nuns ruled. The cast includes a hard-of-hearing mother, fond-of-shouting father, six rowdy brothers, a drama queen sister, unforgettable aunts and uncles, eccentric neighbors, and utterly naïve classmates, all living in perpetual fear of eternal damnation.

Imagine everything you have ever known fading away, all around you. In this gripping memoir and powerful workbook, Angel Lyn recounts her upbringing as a devout member of the Mormon church, a dedicated housewife and loving mother of five sons in southern Utah. As challenges within her marriage unfold, she discovers a warrant for her husband's arrest that causes her to undergo an epic spiritual transformation, moving away from a deeply religious mindset to a more profound and spiritual approach to life.

Hiding protects you, but honesty transforms you. When Jade Marrey stepped into a London club to audition as a stripper, she had no idea what she was about to embark on—the beauty and the ugliness, the pain and the joy, and the ultimate ripping away of self-protective layers she had spent years...

At age four, Phyllis Biffle Elmore was plucked off her front porch in Detroit and dropped on her grandmother Lula Horn's doorstep in rural Alabama. Phyllis felt utterly abandoned until Grandma Lula showed her both all-encompassing love and her intricate "Quilts of Souls." Phyllis listened intently as Lula told epic stories of folks who had passed on as she turned their clothing into breathtaking quilts for their families.

Queen Mother Osunnike shares Tapestry of My Soul as a perfectly imperfect mosaic that retraces the fragmented blueprint of her soul’s spiritual journey. It mirrors her raw, vulnerable, tender sacred feminine power, brilliance, and resilience intertwined with other-worldly imagery and flashbacks of her past and present lifetime soul journeys. Tapestry of My Soul magically weaves her soul’s fragmented remnants back into her original greatness, spiritual perfection, and ultimately wholeness/the perfect sacred union from the inside out.

An extraordinary journey into the mind, around the world, and back to happiness. 49, divorced, with two grown-up children, Ann Amann believes her days of...

Bloomsbury presents The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende, read by Gisela Chipe. _______________ 'An autobiographical meditation on feminism, power and womanhood … Full of Isabel's wisdom and warm words' – Grazia 'In her small, potent polemic . . . Isabel Allende writes about the toxic...

Deborah Rudell’s world unravels when the leaders of her spiritual commune are exposed, arrested, and imprisoned for bio-terrorism and attempted murder. Crushed and adrift, she moves her family off the commune to create a sense of normalcy. But when her husband seeks an opportunity to dismantle and rebuild a derelict fifty-foot schooner, Deborah uproots their children once again and joins him in Kauai. For the next five years, she dedicates her life to restoring a boat.

For 15 years, Eleanor Roosevelt and her handsome doctor, David Gurewitsch, were friends, traveling, entertaining, and eventually buying a townhouse together in Manhattan. Their friendship has always intrigued historians, but not much is known about it. David kept detailed journals and took thousands of photos, but he never publicly discussed their time together.

From a special four-legged childhood friend to the newest Humane Society adoption during the coronavirus lockdown, Lorilyn reveals the deep and profound bond between animals and her family. As in her award-winning memoir Children of Dreams, Lorilyn unearths spiritual truths and biblical insights to answer the question many have asked, “Will we see our furry friends in heaven?” 

Spiritual Ink is a collection of personal essays highlighting examples of strength, hope, and inspiration and drawing on the author's experiences as a Child Life Specialist working with hospitalized children and their families.

A determined truth-seeker craving success and belonging unexpectedly meets her soul, leading to greater self-acceptance, a deeper understanding of the mysteries of life and death, and the realization that every new beginning provides a rich opportunity for healing and personal evolution.

The Footprints of Her Soul is a story of a little girl who was lost among the people she loves most, her beloved family. She experienced extreme distress and sorrow through the long road of childhood poverty, war, and into adulthood. She had made hard decisions throughout her life journey, causing heartaches and pain. But she survived it all with conviction.

At age 28, Mira Ptacin discovered she was pregnant. Though it was unplanned, she soon embraced the pregnancy and became engaged to Andrew, the father. But five months later, an ultrasound revealed birth defects that would give the child no chance of survival outside the womb. Mira was given three options: terminate her pregnancy, induce early delivery, or wait and inevitably miscarry. Her story is woven together with the story of Mira's mother, who immigrated from Poland (also at the age of 28) and adopted a son, Julian.

Giulia Farnese, a woman who traverses time to find, in this novel, her redemption. Her real story is tachat of a woman who goes far beyond the figure of Sponsa Christi as she was known throughout the world.

In this final volume of The Dancing Soul Trilogy, we join an ever insightful and passionate Nhambu as she traverses diverse cultures and continents and negotiates a complex and shifting web of mixed identities - African immigrant and African American - through marriage, parenthood, and the search for the father she has never known. Through trauma and triumph, love and betrayal, the "Drum Beats" and "Heart Beats" of her native Africa lead her on an ultimate journey of transcendence that will enthrall and inspire listeners around the world.

 Son of My Soul - The Adoption of Christopher is not just about the joys of motherhood, but is also a self-help audiobook about breaking the circle of child abuse. The author considers her childhood as "boot camp" and uses the lessons learned from her own abuse to help her beloved son through many surgeries and therapies to correct cleft lip and palate.