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Lacey Louwagie
So, this book took me forever to read and I had to stop a couple times to read other things for book club, etc. And it's mostly because it took me so long to read that I am now TEN books behind on my reading challenge for the year ... but I'm cool, I told myself that I wouldn't let the challenge be an excuse to not tackle longer or meatier works, so ...

I was relieved when I read the afterward in which Estes recommends reading the book slowly over a long period of time -- I guess I was doing it r
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Ana
Oct 01, 2013 rated it it was amazing
This book is amazing. This is a thinking book, so the words are a bit heavy and you need to read slow to let them settle into you. But she's the kind of writer where you want to pay attention to each word because they are so pretty.

Of course, you can tell by the title that this is about the Wild Woman. And not just about women who are wild right now, but a kind of guide on how to become Wild if needed. It's for all walks of life. I really love the idea of people standing tall, settled on their o
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Crystal
Mar 08, 2008 rated it it was ok
Sarah Lewis
Feb 10, 2011 marked it as to-read
Angie
Sep 19, 2011 rated it really liked it
Tara
Nov 26, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shirley J
Apr 12, 2013 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
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Heather
May 01, 2013 marked it as to-read
Nancy
Apr 06, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Judy
Dec 24, 2014 rated it really liked it
Jocelyn
Jan 03, 2016 marked it as to-read
Mackenzie
Apr 09, 2016 marked it as to-read
Donna
Jul 09, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
K
Feb 28, 2017 marked it as to-read
Joan
Nov 04, 2017 marked it as to-read
Amy W
Aug 26, 2018 marked it as to-read
Amy
Jan 03, 2020 marked it as abandoned
Kelsey
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Chelsea
May 21, 2020 marked it as to-read
Enid S.
Jan 28, 2022 marked it as to-read
Angela Jones
Dec 26, 2022 marked it as to-read
Ketutar Jensen
Mar 06, 2023 marked it as to-read
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Janelle
Jul 12, 2023 marked it as to-read
Kate
Aug 17, 2023 marked it as to-read
Ashley Dreyer
Jun 29, 2024 marked it as to-read
Megnews
Mar 06, 2025 rated it it was amazing
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