Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy
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- ISBN13: 9780446563598
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Quotes, poems, meditations and practical exercises for every day of a woman’s year include thought-provoking, inspirational messages, money-saving suggestions, farming and decorating thoughts, and thoughts on personal fulfillment. 30,000 first printing.Amazon.com Review
This book features 366 essays penned from a woman’s perspective. Sample topics include gratitude, harmony, self-nurturing, positive body image, the importance of scented linen closets, and many others. Each essay sports a pithy quote from (surprise!) the likes of Kahlil Gibran. Viewed uncritically, it’s hard to argue with Simple Plenty’s earnest admonitions to appreciate life, in all its messy imperfect excellence. And the fact that serenity and happiness are each in dreadfully fleeting supply can excuse some of the treacly writing. But Breathnach sometimes lapses into what can only be described as her “Martha Stewart on Prozac” voice, and the results are aggravating to the extreme: “If you’ve been hesitant to strike up a reciprocal relationship with your guardian angel, don’t be.” Fans of guardian angels will greet these feel-excellent essays every morning with the rising sun, a cup of mint tea, and a bluebird chirping on the windowsill, and be pleased. Skeptics will prefer their coffee very black.
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If you are a Christian, beware of this book and keep it away from young minds. While religion is mentioned over and again, it isn’t from a Christian perspective. It is from a New Age perspective and from what I did read of it, doesn’t really refer to God very regularly. When she does, it is in a blasphemous way. Here is a quote from March 3rd: “If this is not what the Fantastic Creator proposed when She made the Sabbath, then I have no thought what is Sacred.” I was wary when I started this book and now I see that it was with excellent reason. I do not recommend this book. I will be disposing of mine and adage a prayer for the misguided leader.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
More new-age yadda, yadda, yadda. Will I ever figure out what these people are talking about?
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I can’t comment on the content of the book, as I’ve only read the first few essays. But please note that there are a couple of editions of this book available. The portable compact / special travel edition is wrongly described as a hardcover. It is not–not in the traditional sense, anyway. It has a flexible take in that feels pretty durable (like a heavy Tyvek), but is nonetheless not a standard hard binding. The larger disappointment is what’s between the covers, though. The paper is of very poor quality, similar to newsprint. Type from the back side shows through and is very distracting. Perhaps this was the way to make the book lighter to qualify for the “travel” mark, but the end result is to make the book itself feel rather cheap. If I were assessing on the edition’s physical qualities alone I’d give it one star…and only because it’s not possible to give zero.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
Christians beware! This is nothing but NEW AGE in a pretty take in. It’s all about self, self, self…reasonably the opposite of what the bible teaches. Don’t waste your money. Amazon has many fantastic Christian books available lacking our having to compromise our beliefs to read them.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I find it hard to write a excellent review about this book, because I’m not a fantastic believer (in the book can be establish many quotations about God), a young female (it’s more a book for women in their 40 something and/ or whom have children) and do not live in the USA and/ or England (there are mentioned loads of US traditions and from England as well). Next to that the book is going on and on about that you need to delight in the simplicities in life by slowing down + meditation and it dicusses ordinairy household stuff like farming and cooking. Uhm….you’ve to be very committed to read every day and to hear her going on about her daughter, spouse and the many fantastic people that have ever (even 100 or more years ago) lived. For the last thing she uses loads of quotes and book recommendations which can become too much from time to time. So my main point is that you just can better go to Oprah’s website, because there you can find loads of the same stuff or that from Cheryl Richardson (which is alike) and to find your authentic self you should seek in the same place for Phil. C. McGraw (whom can be harsh, but that’s only because he needs to get through to you and in the end he’s most of the time right)!
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5