An Awakening Spirit: Meditations by Women for Women

by Peg Streep (Editor)

Featuring the voices of distinguished women of arts and letters--Anne Morrow Lindbergh, May Sarton, Emily Dickinson, Annie Dillard, Alice Walker, Georgia O'Keeffe, Maya Angelou, and others--these meditations offer reflections on the experiences in a woman's life. Full-color. Slipcased.

Genres: Spirituality

112 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1993

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Years ago, I found The Awakening Spirit at a used bookstore. A while ago, I donated this book to our local library. Recently, I rediscovered it at a recent library book sale and bought it back. It’s an absolutely beautiful book. Poems and short selections of meaningful prose by women are grouped into four sections: Self, Challenge, Creation and Love. Claudia Karabaic Sargent illustrated all of the written work with related paintings. It’s definitely one of my favorites. I’m so glad that I decided to donate it. Otherwise it would have been sitting on my shelves for years, unnoticed. It was a pleasure to rediscover and reread it. The Awakening Spirit is returning to a bookshelf in my home permanently.

[Rev. Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes I enjoy reading poetry/prose by women who have survived hardships and still kept a positive outlook and their faith. This book has some lovely illustrations and snippets from writings by women of times that changed their lives. Very soothing to the soul.