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Summary: Something More: Excating Your Authentic Self
Review: I loved this book. I felt like I could have written it. I asked my husband to read it so he would have a better understanding of what women (myself) deal with and believe it or not he is actually reading it!
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Summary: You've got to be kidding
Review: I'm debating whether I should waste the time to take this book back to the bookstore or just toss it in the trash. I cant even finish the book. The book is geared for the newly divorced. As a 35yr old mother, working on making a good marriage/life better and looking for good insights that I found in SA, all I found was the whine of me-me-me. Makes me want to toss SA too.
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Summary: Oprah, hon, you were wrong
Review: After hearing the rave reviews Oprah gave SA, I decided to splurge on the hard copy. Reading the book, I was nothing short of disgusted. I felt swindled for paying so much for a book that was that bad.It seems as though some people loved SA and some people hated it. I hated it. Not only was it long-winded and packed full of annoying advice, reading it made me develop pure hatred for the peevish, whiny woman who could write such an attrosity. If you still aren't convinced, browse through it at the bookstore. Borrow it from the library or a friend with less sense. And if you find you like it, well then, you're a mystery to me.
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Summary: The book I held to!
Review: When I first heard about this book, I just knew I got to have this book for myself. Like many house wives, I hardly bought anything for myself but I just got to have this book. Sarah might not know how I was holding this book during my horrandous divorce. The word written in the book helped me to guide the path and give me the strength to go though all the painful time. I thank her with all my heart. This is a great book that all women should read.
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Summary: Glad I did'nt!
Review: After reading the reviews, I am glad I havent purchasedthe book!I loved SA and was hoping for a sequel. I think I'll try the library first!Keep the reviews coming they are wonderful!
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Summary: Something More: Excavating the Authentic Self
Review: This book is a waste of time! Good old Sarah, who did a fabulous job with Simple Abundance, really blew it with this one. She comes off sounding bitter at the break-up of her marriage (which she spent so much time lauding in SA)--she really goes off the deep end with the examples of "Soul-mates". Celebrities who want women they can't have (duh!) and men who after 20 years of marriage want to have a new face rather than to face their own issues). This book was a vehicle for her own healing and should have been kept as a journal--not published! Get a grip Sarah--your "soul-mate" is NOT going to save you from yourself and your bitterness and your life disappointments. Irresponsible writing if you consider the more gullible women out there. She basically says "dump that guy you've got for Prince Charming awaits!" She's been watching too many movies. If you have to read it--get it at the library. This one's going in the 25 cent pile at my next yard sale.
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Summary: Something More is Something Else!
Review: I love this book! It is a "must read" for every woman over 35 and every woman who has ever felt a yearning in her soul for something words can't express. I feel so strongly about this book that I am giving it to all my female relatives and friends for Christmas, so they too can begin to uncover the authentic self.
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Summary: More appropriately: Breaking Up 101
Review: I am a nineteen-year-old college student. I have never been married, and currently have no prospects of doing so. I struggle through mid-terms. I live in a dormitory with a group of amazing friends, my second family. My life is hopelessly and joyously flawed. When I finished reading Simple Abundance and returned it to my bookshelf with a satisfied sigh, I left it with a newly-found contentment and an insatiable hunger to be myself--whoever that ended up being. A family woman? A career gal? A chemist? A teacher? Suddenly, prestige (as it is defined by the world)did not matter, as long as I knew that I was doing what my true self was begging me to do. When I came across Something More by accident, I bought it without hesitation, hoping for yet another shot of self-esteem booster. While the writing style is artful and refreshing, the content was a complete departure from what I had come to love in Simple Abundance. Since I have never known the pain of divorce, I felt that most of the book did not apply to me since break-ups, rather than authenticity, were the theme. I also felt that the book as a whole did not have the cohesiveness of the original; at some points, it just wandered. If you are a woman who is trying to overcome a painful divorce, Something More may be just what you have been looking, but for those of you who are searching for more self-discovery, re-read Simple Abundance instead.
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Summary: A rich, rich read
Review: This is one of a handful of books I've read that changed the way I look at myself -- and another on that short list is Simple Abundance which I'm working through for the 3rd time as I write "morning pages" daily. This is NOT a sequel to SA -- in lots of ways it doesn't seem to be written by the same Sarah -- but by a more mature, more worldly wise, more "evolved" one. Repeatedly in my reading of SM, Sarah brought me to tears--because she knows me--and made me see myself much more clearly, made me face some issues I've ignored for 50+ years--and helped me see a path ahead. The margins are crammed with my notes to Sarah, to myself, to my past. A person who thinks this is only a book about how bad most men are couldn't have read with a woman's heart. Is there bitterness? Yes--life has its bitter spots, too. But is there hope? Darned right. And if a reader doesn't see the "gratitude" and "joy" in the message of this one, I'm sad for that reader. It's not a "ruffles and lace" book at all. It's a no holds barred look at life--with lots of real-life examples, many of which aren't pretty. On page 59, she writes, "Could there be anything more important than living without regrets?" I think the whole book is about HOW to live without regrets.
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Summary: Compelling...
Review: Unlike many of the more recent reviewers here, I did not read "Simple Abundance" before I started the sequel. Also unlike many of the recent reviewers, I found "Something More" to be incredibly insightful, wonderfully written and a true gift FROM as well as TO the Soul. I found the life stories within this book to be beautifully encouraging and inspiring, rather than depressing and anger-filled as several have noted. Life is an adventure, fraught with disappointment and sadness, as well as all the other "cozy" feelings we seek and need. And I, for one, am glad she didn't pull any punches and told things just as they are. Excavating, searching, looking and definitely *finding* your Authentic Self takes a lot of courage. We all have it. THAT's what this book is all about and it gives us some concrete tools with which to do this. Thank you, Sarah, for daring to speak your Truth and helping so many of us along the way. Read it. You won't regret it if you listen to your heart along the way.
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