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A Room of Her Own: Women's Personal Spaces
"In speaking with many women across the country, " explains best-selling author Chris Casson Madden in the introduction to her new book, A Room of Her Own: Women's Personal Spaces, "I have discovered that as much as we revel in the hard-won victories that have given us new freedoms in pursuing careers and in creating loving relationships, many of us long to find the time i...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
November 11th 1997
by Clarkson Potter / Publishers
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I am a sucker for books that show rooms and homes where people really live. This book includes rooms of artists, writers, gardeners, even a very simple but completely useful space that belongs to a nun. I want the creatively cluttered ones. I want the zen serene ones.
In my own small space there are bits and pieces of all of these and many other styles and outward manifestations of other peoples' interactions with their living space. Some of the photos are validating, some challenging and some a...more
In my own small space there are bits and pieces of all of these and many other styles and outward manifestations of other peoples' interactions with their living space. Some of the photos are validating, some challenging and some a...more
It was lovely to see where Maya Angelou and many other respected professionals with hectic, harried lives go for a sense of calm and how different each space was and what a peaceful environment meant for each of these women. I especially loved the places featured in Santa Fe. This book isn't new, but I think it's a really powerful idea that woud be incredible if it were updated with a new volume or even as a blog. Every woman needs a place to call her own, I really believe that- so the theme of...more
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Introduction and index
About 37 rooms spread into the following chapters:
Celebrating Color
Sacrec Places
Working Sanctuaries
Natural retreats
Serene Spaces
Evoking Memories
Garden Rooms
picture book lush
Introduction and index
About 37 rooms spread into the following chapters:
Celebrating Color
Sacrec Places
Working Sanctuaries
Natural retreats
Serene Spaces
Evoking Memories
Garden Rooms
This book is older, but it provides a glimpse into the rooms of some well-known creative women... another great source for inspiration.
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My aunt's book. A beautiful collection of rooms designed for women's person retreats and spaces. Gorgeous pictures and designs.
Spurred on by Virgina Woolf's book, A Room of One's Own, this book intends to show the personal spaces women have carved out for themselves for their creative work. The author decided to focus on the spaces of movers and shakers and celebrities, like Oprah and Ali McGraw and vogue editors, and I would have preferred to see a wider variety of women represented. Okay, there's the nun's space, but she's not just any nun. Also, more discussion on the definition of a space would have been nice--do yo...more
Liked the Natural Retreats and Serene Spaces.
Interesting to see people create specil places for themselves.
Lovely pictures of home decorating.
loved it.
Mar 08, 2008
Aimee
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
any woman looking to define her own space in life
Recommended to Aimee by:
given to me by my stepmom Sheila
Shelves:
decorating,
finding-yourself
LOVE this book...great coffee table addition! I love decorating and this shows how women of all different ages, races, religions, and financial backgrounds choose to display thier favorite things in their personal spaces. Another book have have given as a gift many times.
Jun 25, 2008
Sara
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
artistic women putting together a room of their own - with a healthy pocketbook or imagination
Shelves:
read-nonfiction
Slightly outdated, with too many big names and big incomes. The best parts were the pictures on the cover and the quotes from [Gifts From The Sea], which I now want to read.
Exactly, Virginia, exactly. This one I keep at hand and reread from time to time. Fine fare.
We all need a place to go for peace and quiet solitude.
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