Passionate Journey by La Leche League International co-founder Marian Tompson is the story of a young mother who became known worldwide and was even referred to as "The High Priestess of Breastfeeding Mothers." Written in a light and casual tone, many of Marian's stories are familiar if you've read The LLL Love Story, Seven Voices, One Dream, or The Revolutionaries Wore Pearls. While theoretically a personal memoir from one Founder, rather than a history of LLL, because Marian's person More...

Well... where do I start?

Marian Tompson is one of the Founding Mothers of La Leche League. I'd read a few accounts of LLL history and also much more recently read that she had resigned in protest at the current management of LLLI. I knew she was coming to speak at a conference but as far as I was aware it was going to be about HIV and breastmilk. There was some to my mind rather giddy stuff about how if you volunteered to help with the conference running, you would get a ticket in a dr More...

Well I"m about 1/2 way through and keep thinking --this book is TOO SHORT!! Very interesting and enjoyable to read.

I love Marian, she is a true inspiration. But the book added very little new to what I know of her. It wasn't well-written, just lots of snippets and no real depth about any of the amazing events in her life. I would love to read a real biography of her that explored more.

What a marvelous life. I am so glad Marian Tompson has shared it with us in print. A history of childbirth and breastfeeding in our country since the mid 1950s, and a history of "Organized medicine" and formula companies and how they have undermined breastfeeding for decades.