Holy Skirts: A Novel of a Flamboyant Woman Who Risked All for Art (P.S.)

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"I don't need the stage anymore to cast spells. I write poems"

UNIQUE AND SESUOUS

The Artistic Mind

A precursor to the Dada Movement

Holy Skirts: A Novel of a Flamboyant Woman Who Risked All for Art (P.S.)
Rene Steinke
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ASIN: 0060778016
Release Date: 2005-12-27

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No one in 1917 New York had ever encountered a woman like the Bar-oness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven -- poet, artist, proto-punk rocker, sexual libertine, fashion avatar, and unrepentant troublemaker. When she wasn't stalking the streets of Greenwich Village wearing a brassiere made from tomato cans, she was enthusiastically declaiming her poems to sailors in beer halls or posing nude for Man Ray or Marcel Duchamp. In an era of brutal war, technological innovation, and cataclysmic change, the Baroness had resolved to create her own destiny -- taking the center of the Dadaist circle, breaking every bond of female propriety . . . and transforming herself into a living, breathing work of art.

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"I don't need the stage anymore to cast spells. I write poems".......2005-12-17

Rene Steinke's Holy Skirts is a powerful and sweeping historical epic, an all-encompassing novel that fully merges fact with fiction. It's an audacious portrait of the early twentieth century, covering two continents and transporting the reader into worlds of bohemian society in both Berlin, and New York. Holy Skirts tells of poetess Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, her life of art and writing, and her contributions to the Dada movement, which included such notables as Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp.

Elsa, as a young girl, always new that she was different. Growing up in the provincial town of Swinemunde, Germany, she seemed to develop a very different way of looking at the world. Her father was disparate and uncaring and her mother, riddled with syphilitic madness, was left to die in an asylum. Elsa, awakened to the possibilities of life, decides to seek her fortune in Berlin, but she doesn't really have any obvious skills apart from her obvious physical beauty.

Elsa realizes from an early age that men are attracted to her, and she uses this to her advantage. Sexually voracious, she revels in her sexuality, and she freely admits, "to be a woman was to be looked at. But what was seen was partly up to her." It was like a dream Elsa sometimes had, "when she was the princess and the prince, the beauty and the hero."

Defying convention and ignoring the stuffy feminine mores of the time, Elsa gets a job at the Wintergarden Palace, a saucy Berlin Cabaret, where girls often appear semi-nude. Together with her friend Natalye, they unashamedly court and have sex with men, sometimes even asking for money. A hedonist by nature, Elsa wants to stretch each of her senses, piety just doesn't interest her, "only the bright flash of inner sight, when a hole tore through the ordinary world."

Elsa isn't as successful in married life: August, her first husband, is unable to consummate their marriage, and is too artistically obsessed with his own causes; her second husband Franz Trove, travels with her to New York - the Americans with their cowboys and pilgrims - but ultimately abandons her, and her third, the Baron Joseph von Freytag-Loringhoven - the love of her life is an impulsive gambler, who makes her feel as if the whole world were infused with the erotic - ends up back to Germany leaving Elsa innocently waiting for him, trying to survive on the streets of New York.

Hoping against hope for Joseph to return, Elsa gradually falls in with, and becomes a doyenne of the East Village art society. It is in the Village where fortunes are accrued just standing near a window next to someone who remarks on the heat, "or because one's good friend had offered a cigarette to some painter."

For Elsa it was mostly a life of poverty and hardship, where the rent remained unpaid, and where she managed to snatch jobs here and there, mainly working as an artist's model. But Elsa's life became one of deep-seated freedom, conducted with an arrogant disregard for any imperatives other than her own, and it was also where she had the liberty to write her minimalist poetry, eventually getting some of them published in the controversial Little Review.

Author, Rene Steinke paints a portrait of a woman living on the edge, getting more outrageous as the years pass. She goes to working class chop houses, tempting the blue collar workers with snatches of her poetry, unashamedly flirting with the men, and even crashing a Daughters of Democracy fundraiser, her shaved head painted vermilion, holding aloft an enormous model of a phallus as she recites a poem.

In Holy Skirts Steinke never judges Elsa, even when she is confronted by a society that is mostly appalled by her radicalism and extremism. Certainly, Elsa uses the tools of power to overcome opposition, embodied by her feminine wiles more than other women of the period. But what is truly amazing about this woman is her rise from such bourgeois roots to become such an arbiter of the anti establishment, forever challenging the social and artistic norms.

While Steinke infuses Elsa with undeniable humanity, it is perhaps impossible to know the true heart of her hero. In this fictionalized version, fact blends with fiction revealing a portrait of a woman as complex and tumultuous as the time in which she lived. Mike Leonard December 05.

UNIQUE AND SESUOUS.......2005-05-17

One of the best books I've read in the past 6 months! Ms. Steinke's writing is masterful, sensuous and deeply satisfying. Baroness Elsa is unique, artistic, intelligent and decades ahead of her time in her writing and self adornment. While reading of her life and times the world of 1920's Greenwich Village is so well described as to place the reader in the streets with it's outrageous scenes, characters and "signs of the times". What a time to be an artist, a German one at that, trying to reach out to people to understand your poetry and self. Being from Wisconsin with students at the University of Wisconsin where copies of the Little Review are stored, I am anxious to pursue looking at copies which should shed additional light on this character.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it. It is very literary and heavily descriptive and should appeal to readers of such historical fiction as Middlesex, Crimson Petal and the White and Master Butcher's Singing Club.

The Artistic Mind.......2005-04-25

Reinke's fictionalized account of the Baroness Elsa's life is hard to put down. The writing in the book only highlights the charming character that Reinke has brought to life - showing that Elsa needed little help in showcasing her own brilliance. Though largely ignored by history (I don't know many people who read her poem's in school), she led an amazing life. The book jacket calls her a proto punk, which I would agree with, if you take away all the negativity that surrounds such an image. Elsa herself is a contradiction. Throughout her life, she remained strangely naive, in regards to both men and women, but she also created a sophisticated persona, one that masked a lonely young woman who was still reeling from the loss of her mother, the one person that seemed to understand what made Elsa Elsa.

Besides a wonderful main character, Reinke has brought to life some of the members of the Dadaist circle, giving a glimpse into the imagined mind of Marchel Duchamp and a slightly lecherous and leering Man Ray. But it's Elsa determination to live her artistic life, to live as she feels is true to herself, that is most clearly recognized in the book and it is one that makes Elsa so unique not only to her time but to ours.

A precursor to the Dada Movement.......2005-03-15

Steinke's novel is a considerable achievement, a careful balancing of historical fact and fiction, the life of Baroness Elsa von Fretag-Loringhoven, a walking example of the Dada movement in the New York art scene.

Eccentric even as a young girl, Elsa Ploetz runs away from her home in Swinemunde, Germany, to Berlin, where she gets her first job on the stage of the Wintergarten Cabaret. Her mother has died in an asylum and, unable to endure her new stepmother, Elsa seeks her fortune in the city, around 1907. Elsa revels in her sexuality, a favorite of the men who see her onstage and entertain her after hours.

Ironically, it is Elsa's liberal attitude about men that brings her the most difficulty. Indiscriminate, she goes from man to man, enjoying the blush of youthful sensuality, her body tingling with expectations after each new amorous adventure: "I can never bow before men. I can only fling myself." Drawn to an assortment of males, believing their promises and suffering the consequences, Elsa is unable to control her romantic fancies, even when reality strikes. It is simply Elsa's nature, this open-hearted acceptance of possibilities; Steinke captures this unique aspect of the woman's personality perfectly.

Elsa's first marriage is to architect August Lydell, but she is a virago to him; he is afraid of what she might take from his creative spirit, unable to consummate the marriage. Eventually Elsa marries poet Franz Trove, pair touring Europe, as he follows his muse. World War I threatens and the couple moves to New York. Elsa writes her own poetry while living with a dissatisfied husband who finally abandons her. Then Elsa meets the most meaningful man in her life, the Baron Joseph von Freytag-Loringhoven, her soul mate. The Baron, a gambler, hopes to redeem his fortune in Germany while Elsa waits for him in New York and it is there, alone, that she makes her mark on the Greenwich Village society of artists and sycophants.

Elsa fashions garments from the oddities she discovers when wandering the city streets, assembling a series of outrageous outfits, proclaiming herself an artist/poet. She gradually claims the notice of the Village avant-garde, unafraid to shock the pretentiousness of that society, whether wearing gentlemen's suits or a bustle with a blinking taillight. Ever more extreme in behavior and dress, Elsa becomes a friend and confidant of Marcel Duchamp and through him, finds entry into the rarified art circles. Filmed nude by Man Ray, Elsa is beyond the cutting edge of the New York scene.

Steinke inhabits Elsa to the marrow of her bones, intuiting thoughts, dreams and motivations of this character. In a time of extraordinary inventions, the Baroness achieves notoriety while chasing fame, a fringe-dweller of repute in the art world. From youth in Germany to the mean streets of New York that Elsa wanders in a poetic fugue, Steinke has created a memorable portrait of an eccentric and a visionary, a new woman in a new century. Luan Gaines/2005.

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Battle-honed Wolfe Houston is on a mission of national security: protect valuable government assets targeted by hostiles. But tracking down four genetically enhanced service dogs and guarding their furry backs 24/7 is going to take all of Wolfe's tactical skills.

The dogs' unsuspecting civilian trainer, Kit O'Halloran doesn't know that deadly mercenaries are determined to kidnap her charges. With puppies to find and bullets to dodge, there's no time to waste -- so why is Kit pressed against an adobe wall by moonlight, reveling in the hot magic of Wolfe's slow, skillful hands?

Wolfe is fascinated by Kit's devotion to her puppies, especially Baby, the incorrigible runt of the litter. But two other civilian trainers have died under strange circumstances -- and a foreign government has just posted a staggering bounty for Kit's capture. Before Wolfe can explore their burgeoning attraction, the two are on the run, forced to guess which of their secret contacts is friend . . . and which is deadliest foe. Only Baby can lead them through the storm to safe haven in each other's arms. Good dog!

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Battle-honed federal agent Wolfe Houston is charged with a matter of the utmost national security--tracking down and protecting four biologically enhanced puppies...and their trainer, Kit O'Halloran. Suddenly, Kit is thrown into a dangerous world of subterfuge--and Wolfe's embrace. Soon, Kit, Wolfe and her litter of puppies are on the run, and in this deadly game of espionage they are forced to guess who is friend...and who is foe.

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Code Name: Mediocre.......2007-09-14

(2 & 1/2 starts to be exact) This book is the beginning of a series within a series. Skye's "Code Name" books all involve romances with Navy Seals. Starting with this book, the Seals are part of a surreal group with psychic-ish abilities stemming from microchip enhancements. In this book one of these special Seals is protecting a woman who trains very special dogs that will be used on missions. The woman also happens to be the sister of the Seal's friend and fellow member of his team. Sparks begin to fly between the trainer and the Seal. Like in Skye's other Code Name books, the chemistry between the two leads is set up well, but romance part of the story ends rather lamely. The dogs, however, make quite charming characters themselves and make this book more enjoyable.

More Izzie please.......2006-04-18

This latest book to the series was all right but couldn't compete with the others. At first I thought that Izzy wouldn't appear in this book. I love how he returns in each book. He's a comfortable character that your familiar with. I don't think I'd read the books if he was killed off.
Kit O'halloran's childhood hero returns home for a reason he will not elaborate on. He comes in the middle of the night or so she thinks. Attacks a burgurlar and her dogs don't even bark at him.
Kit's dogs are her life when Wolfe returns and with danger. Kit only worries for her dogs. Her dogs are unusually smart and are the reason why Wolfe returned home.
Kit is used to life on the ranch and was content with it until Wolfe came. Now she thinks her life is a little boring. Her best friend Miki agrees. How far is Kit willing to go to make her life more interesting?

So so.......2006-02-26

Third book in the Code Name series.
World renowned dog trainer Kit O'Halloran lives alone on the family ranch in New Mexico. Her parents are dead and her older brother is a Firefox operative. Firefox is an ultra-secret government experiment. Wolfe Houston grew up near the O'Halloran ranch and lived there when he couldn't tolerate his abusive parents any longer. Wolfe is a former Navy SEAL and the current Firefox leader. Kit is training four black lab puppies (Baby, Diesel, Butch and Sundance) to be military service dogs. But she doesn't know how "special" they really are. The puppies - and Wolfe and his men - have been bio-engineered with microchip technology to be faster, stronger, tougher. Wolfe can project images. When the previous Firefox leader goes rogue and is a threat to Kit and the puppies, Wolfe is the only one who can handle it. Puppies, lots of action, puppies, interesting twists, puppies and PUPPIES! But I felt like I was missing something at times . . . because I didn't read the first two Code Name books? Maybe.

Better.......2006-01-05

I used to be a die-hard Christina Skye fan--I adored "Going Overboard" and have read it more times than I can count--but her new Code Name books left me feeling like something was just missing...but this last book was a HUGE improvement. It gives me hope that the old Christina that I used to love is back!

amazing.......2005-12-29

a little bit of an unrealistic plot line but with the amazing details and descriptions it makes you want to believe and makes it easier

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Nanny: FBI agent Summer Mulcahey's latest assignment comes with a few unexpected perks, like the naked 6'4" stunning Navy SEAL she just saw getting out of the shower. Not what Summer bargained for when she agreed to go undercover as a nanny for a prominent San Francisco family. Gabe Morgan says he's the gardener. So why's he carrying a concealed weapon & sticking ultra close to her & the kids when danger comes calling? Gabe was doing a favor for an old friend; protecting a CA politician clan from deadly threats. But the captivating daredevil who claims to be the kids' new nanny wasn't part of the deal. With her take-no-prisoners attitude, Summer could torpedo Gabe's mission, not to mention his heart. Now, like it or not, they're partners in a deadly game. One false move could make them both history or turn a risky situation into a mission possible for a man & a woman who can't keep their hands off each other.Baby: Navy SEAL Wolfe Houston is on a mission of nat. sec.: protect 1 stubborn-but gorgeous-civilian in charge of training valuable government dogs. Tracking down four genetically enhanced service dogs & guarding their backs 24/7 is going to take all of Wolfe's tactical skills. The dogs' unsuspecting trainer, Kit O'Halloran, doesn't know that deadly mercenaries are determined to kidnap her charges. With hostiles to evade & bullets to dodge, there's no time to waste, so why is Kit pressed against an adobe wall by moonlight, reveling in the hot magic of Wolfe's skillful hands? Wolfe is fasinated by Kit's devotion to her puppies especially Baby, the incorrigible runt of the litter. But two other trainers have died under strange circumstances, & a foreign government has just posted a staggering bounty for Kit's capture. Before Wolfe can explore their white-hot attraction, the two are on the run, forced to decide which of their secret contacts is friend, & which is deadliest foe. Only Baby can lead them though the storm to safety in each other's arms. Good dog!

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4 Code Name Titles - Baby - Nanny - Princess - Blondie
Christina Skye
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When Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the greatest science fiction writer ever, teams up with award-winning author Stephen Baxter, who shares Clarke’s bold vision of a future where technology and humanism advance hand in hand, the result is bound to be a book of stellar ambition and accomplishment. Such was the case with Time’s Eye. Now, in the highly anticipated sequel, Clarke and Baxter draw their epic to a triumphant conclusion that is as mind-blowing as anything in Clarke’s famous Space Odyssey series.

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Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth called Mir, a jigsaw-puzzle world made up of lands and people cut out of different eras of Earth’s history. Why did the Firstborn create Mir? Why was Bisesa taken there and then brought back on the day after her original disappearance?

Bisesa’s questions receive a chilling answer when scientists discover an anomaly in the sun’s core–an anomaly that has no natural cause is evidence of alien intervention over two thousand years before. Now plans set in motion millennia ago by inscrutable watchers light-years away are coming to fruition in a sunstorm designed to scour the Earth of all life in a bombardment of deadly radiation.

Thus commences a furious race against a ticking solar time bomb. But even now, as apocalypse looms, cooperation is not easy for the peoples and nations of the Earth. Religious and political differences threaten to undermine every effort.

And all the while, the Firstborn are watching...

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The second and final novel in the Time Odyssey series, linked to Clarke’s bestselling Space Odyssey series, co–written by the king of science fiction and his hand–picked successor. Time’s Eye was only the beginning!

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Totally Engrossing

Sunstorm - A Time Odyssey (Gollancz)
Arthur C. Clarke , and Stephen Baxter
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Totally Engrossing.......2006-01-09

Yep! It's true! Once I stuck my nose into this book, I couldn't stop reading it. I found it fascinating and full of little actions that made the characters seem real. I can't wait for the next book in the series to come out.

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Sunstorm (A Time Odyssey)
Arthur C.; Baxter, Stephen Clarke
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Sylvia is great ... jay "evangalist" another story entirely...

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Blessings From the Other Side:: Wisdom and Comfort From the Afterlife for This Life
Sylvia Browne , and Lindsay Harrison
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Sylvia Browne believes that if people can remember why they are here and what they are supposed to be doing here, their lives will ultimately become happier, healthier, and more spiritually fulfilling. In this new book, she helps readers celebrate and appreciate life-by reminding them of the countless blessings they received before coming into this world. With chapters on forgiveness, past lives, contacting The Other Side, and discovering life's purpose, she also tells uplifting stories of those who, with her help, found their way.

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Good read.......2007-07-19

I enjoy all of Sylvia Brownes' books, and this one is no different. There are alot of skeptics ou there who don't care for her and her books. But, I really enjoy it all! Sylvias' books comfort me, and let me know that I am doing what I was ment to do. How do I know this? Because it just feels right, and I would not have trusted many of my instincts before reading her books and now I do. They give me the guidance and confidence I need to get through life.

Sylvia is great ... jay "evangalist" another story entirely..........2006-08-10

The book was great and well worth the investment. I find Sylvia to be a very interesting and helpful human being.

Though I am a Christian person - the BIGGEST PART OF CHRISTIANITY TO LOVE AND BE KIND! I get so angry when I see posts like that from (jay "evangalist") what I call HYPOCRITICAL 'CHRISTIANS'. Check his posts... He clearly hasn't read any of her books - He made the same posting on every single one of her book comments.

Phenomenal.......2006-04-06

For those suffering the loss of a loved one, this book brings great comfort, makes sense and answers questions we all have about the death experience and afterlife. This was the first SB book I read and bought 5 more. Highly recommended!

all I have read.......2006-02-19

You know, I have been reading quite a few of Sylvia's books and all of them, by far, are great readings. I had never heard of Sylvia until about 3 years ago when I saw her on Montel. I was in awed of her so I started buying her books.

She has answered all of the blanks that I had throughout my life and I totally believe in what Sylvia has to say.

No matter what book you are reading of hers, they are inspiring, and educational.

If you have never picked up one of her books, please do so and it's okay to be skeptical, just enjoy her books. She is a good writer and not only that, she is funny.

Linda

Very helpful.......2005-10-25

Another insightful book by by favorite psychic!
There is a lot to be learned here, forgiving, letting go, understanding why we are the way we are (does that make sense? anyway...)
This book is comforting, positive, and spiritually healing.
Thank you Sylvia...

Blessings From the Other Side: Wisdom and Comfort from the Afterlife for this Life

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Sylvia have much to share
This book explains the craziness in today's world
Not What I Expected...
Awesome!!
Interesting

Blessings From the Other Side: Wisdom and Comfort from the Afterlife for this Life
Sylvia Browne , and Lindsay Harrison
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In Blessings from the Other Side, bestselling author and renowned psychic Sylvia Browne offers down-to-earth advice on living in the here and now. Using her warm, "tell-it-like-it-is" voice, Browne addresses her favorite lecture-tour topics, such as taking care of unfinished business with a deceased loved one, finding forgiveness, raising children, and even coping with the holidays (or "hell-idays," as she playfully calls them). Each chapter includes stories of past life encounters as well as anecdotes from this life. Presumably her cowriter Lindsay Harrison deserves credit for the well-crafted writing. Browne, however, deserves credit for the extremely comforting advice in this book. Clearly she wants readers to forge a stronger relationship with God as they mend broken relationships, push through their grief, or simply make it through another overwhelming day. Every chapter offers a nurturing and highly visual guided meditation exercise as well as a closing affirmation. --Gail Hudson

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At many times keeping our lives in perspective is difficult for anyone, but it is especially hard around the holidays. We become overwhelmed and forget what really matters. What should be a time of celebration and reflection turns into a time of stress that has little to do with spirituality. Now, world-renowned psychic Sylvia Browne has put together a beautiful inspirational book to help readers get into the spirit of the holidays by reminding them of the joy and love that surrounds us in the Afterlife. With chapters on Forgiveness, Celebrations and Anniversaries, Family, and Life's Purpose, among others, Sylvia Browne tells uplifting stories of those people she has helped and imparts the indelible lessons of the Other Side that can make our life here on Earth happier, healthier, and more spiritually fulfilling.

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Sylvia have much to share.......2007-06-21

I read this book at night to comfort my soul. There are many stories Sylvia shares concerning people she had been able to help spiritually, and she shares how she has done so so that the reader can try the same methods. It is a short book and an easy read for those who don't have a lot of time on their hands.

This book explains the craziness in today's world .......2007-04-08

"Blessings from The Other Side" is a terrific book; it explains so many questions I had about what the heck goes on in this crazy world. My favorite chapter was Forgiveness, second favorite Relationships. To me Sylvia makes so much good, practical sense; she comes closer to explaining the wackiness of people, places and events better than anyone I've ever read, yet she is loving, caring, compassionate and Christian. Her explanation of dark enities is one of the best EVER, which is a subject she at least touches on in each of her books. Thanks, Sylvia, for writing this great book! Pork Chops and Applesauce: A Collection of Recipes and Reflections

Not What I Expected..........2006-10-14

Although there were few stories about contact with the other side, this book was more of a self help book. It was a nice refreshing book, but had I known it was more self help I probably wouldn't have read it. I would have picked another of Sylvia's wonderful books. This book contained advice from Sylvia about emotions such as guilt, joy, sin, ect. and how do deal with it. There are plenty of exercises on meditation teqniques and so forth. It was a nice mental refresher though.

Awesome!!.......2004-08-07

This book was something very special and i think every person on this planet should get it and take the time to read it!!!! That' s all i have to say!!

Interesting.......2004-07-13

Sylvia Browne offers advice on the many emotions and feelings that we experience in our lifetime. Joy, sorrow, grief, anger, revenge, you get the idea. But she offers such advice in a different way, by explaining what we are here for, what we supposedly did before we came here. What our loved ones who have passed on are doing now. For instance, should we really grieve for one who is better off? Of course not. But will we grieve, of course we will.

Offering advice on what we want to know along with telling us how normal it can be to feel what we feel. I have not read other Sylvia Browne books but if this one is an example of her writing I will read more. She briefly discusses our life's chart, written before we came here, and it's option lines. This is a good introductory book to her writing I believe.

Bottom line, easy to read, interesting, at times thought provoking, worth the money even at the 190 pages.

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Blessings From the Other Side: Wisdom and Comfort from the Afterlife for this Life
Sylvia Browne; Lindsay Harrison
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