Binding: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 390
EAN: 9781564553546
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 156455354X
Label: Sounds True, Incorporated
Manufacturer: Sounds True, Incorporated
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 1995-09-01
Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated
Studio: Sounds True, Incorporated

Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D. The Faithful Gardener

What in life is unconquerable; what survives? On The Faithful Gardener, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés mines the rich storytelling tradition of her own family to unearth a series of lyrical stories that illustrate how faith is the one immortal force in our lives. Raised by a family of refugee immigrants who revered stories as healing instruments, Dr. Estés tells these ageless tales first told "... to nourish, repair, and strengthen – whatever is most needed and wanted." What begins as a simple tale from the lips of a child becomes the greater saga of Uncle Zovár, a quiet refugee from the Nazi slave camps, and his refusal to let bitterness darken his devotion to the earth. The final story, told in the form of a vivid old country tale about "that which can never die," holds an unforgettable lesson about sacrifice and spiritual regeneration. The Faithful Gardener captures the spirit of a long-ago time, while deeply expressing our common desire to know that grappling with sudden and unexpected twists of fate and challenging transitions – however painful – is never in vain.

Customer Rating:
Summary: a pleasant surprise
Comment: As usual, Clarissa Pin Estes writes with tremendous insight. Her use of personal history brings the book's content and (atypically) short length to life. I think it would be wonderful as a gift to share with one's loved-ones.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: The Faithful Gardener: A Wise Tale About That Which Can Never Die
Comment: A beautiful story that reminds us that the changes we fight against the most are the ones that take us where we want to go.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Loved it!
Comment: I listened to the tape and read the book. If you want to know the true nature of survival - especially in times like these - this is the book for you. Full of hope and evidence of the ability of humans to survive, thrive and love - no matter what. I was sorry the book was over. I am every time I read it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Loved it!
Comment: I listened to the tape and read the book. If you want to know the true nature of survival - especially in times like these - this is the book for you. Full of hope and evidence of the ability of humans to survive, thrive and love - no matter what. I was sorry the book was over. I am every time I read it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good things have roots in fallow ground....
Comment: The stories are like layers of an onion where each depends on the one before it to exist. The horrors of war are only hinted at by the author's uncle but the reader easily draws parallels between the transitions in life with a fallow field, a fir tree covered with decorations and the emergence of new life and promise from a piece of fallow ground. The book is easily read in an hour and I blinked away tears as I finished. Since the first reading, my front lawn has been returning to Nature, just as the author's did, and every season of watching new life emerge reminds me of the story and that good things are always beginning.

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