- Mass Market Paperback: 608 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.; 1st Mass Market Pbk. Ed edition (27 Nov 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345409876
- ISBN-13: 978-0345409874
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 121,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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UPDATED, WITH NEW MATERIAL BY THE AUTHOR"WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES isn't just another book. It is a gift of profound insight, wisdom, and love. An oracle from one who knows."--Alice WalkerWithin every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species. In WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES, Dr. Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, and stories, many from her own family, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable book, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine. Dr. Estés has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul."This volume reminds us that we are nature for all our sophistication, that we are still wild, and the recovery of that vitality will itself set us right in the world."--Thomas Moore Author of Care of the Soul"I am grateful to WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES and to Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. The work shows the reader how glorious it is to be daring, to be caring, and to be women. Everyone who can read should read this book."--Maya Angelou"An inspiring book, the 'vitamins for the soul' [for] women who are cut off from their intuitive nature."--San Francisco Chronicle"Stands out from the pack . . . A joy and sparkle in [the] prose . . . This book will become a bible for women interested in doing deep work. . . . It is a road map of all the pitfalls, those familiar and those horrifically unexpected, that a woman encounters on the way back to her instinctual self. Wolves . . . is a gift."--Los Angeles Times"A mesmerizing voice . . . Dramatic storytelling she learned at the knees of her [immigrant] aunts."--Newsweek
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I loved this book because it gave me a new way of reading folk stories and an understanding of archetypes which really opened up a lot of thought for me. I take issue with the reviewers who claim it is solely a self-help book-it offers a tool for perceiving the world in a freed up imaginitive way...and where is the hatred of men? I can't find any -only a love of humanity and an empowering vision of life lived meaningfully.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I really love her voice and the way she gives you time to "read". I love audio book of WWRWW because it is easier to "read" than printed version ... For me, the book in the "book" version is quite dense and sometimes hard to read.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A wonderful book in which so many wonderful things regarding a woman psyche is revealed and discovered. A must for all woman and really worthwhile when you have your own children. A wonderful and enriching book that can be read and re-read all the time.
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interpretations that resonates for many but not all
I read this book many years ago and still return to it to reflect. It helped me as a man to understand both the women around me and my own 'feminine side'. Read more
Published 7 months ago by open minded reader
Every feeling women should read this.
This book is a classic. It explores being a women, change, age and growth. It looks at the history of women and all that individual women can become. Read more
Published 7 months ago by KAW
Great book for woman
I read this book several times and stll coming back becuse it is such a great book about woman psychology and our not so obvious mental make-up. Read more
Published 12 months ago by mizuna
profound and useful for all those who are seeking their wild self
As I follow Our beloved Dr E, all I can say that this is wonderful, My paper copy of W.W.R.W.T.W has countless post it notes earmarking pages that shout YES! Read more
Published 13 months ago by Aconite
completely disagree
I completely disagree with SB's review. I have read this book 3 times, and never felt the need to listen to the audio CD. Read more
Published 16 months ago by tarn
Hard work
This book was recommended to me by a friend. But I found it very hard going and confusing and I have to confess I only read about half. Just not my cup of tea. Read more
Published 17 months ago by hobnobus
I am trying to persevere. Honest
It is very rare to have to MAKE myself listen to a cd.
With this one, however much I try not to, I find myself saying "rubbish,codswallop and jibberish....etc! Read more
With this one, however much I try not to, I find myself saying "rubbish,codswallop and jibberish....etc! Read more
Published 18 months ago by SB
Late.
This was a paperback that took more than the maximum delivery time, 3 weeks to arrive!. Slow service and not apolegetic either, the company asking me to remove the bad review.
Published 21 months ago by K
My Manual of Self Understanding!
You know, this book has become so dogeared from me constantly going back to it time and time again to read through each of its pages. Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2009 by Helen Healer
Reading with the body, not the mind.
The comments are almost as interesting as the book itself. Ok, did I learn something new about myself? No. Did it make me understand myself better? No. Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2008 by R. E. Russnak
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