Product Description

Still, the initial idea of telling my story in this book gave me pause. The hardest thing about writing is telling the truth. Maybe it's the hardest thing about being a woman, too. I think of Nisa, the old African woman who was telling her story...She said, "I will tell my talk...but don't let the people I live with hear what I have to say...I know that feeling. But in the end, Nisa and I, we told our truth anyway.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #881722 in Books
• Published on: 2004-12-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Review
"A masterpiece of womens wisdom. --Christiane Northrup, M.D. author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom "A graceful account of awakening and transformation." --Library Journal "The journey to capture her feminine soul and live authentically...makes a fascinating, well-researched and well-written story." --Publishers Weekly

Customer Reviews

Kidd's disclosure of her inner feminine journey is profound!
As the author walks us through the stages in her inner journey toward healing the effects of a lifetime of patriarchy on her, the reader becomes aware of the profundity and significance of this event. She gives voice to the painful injustices that mark a life lived within male-dominated systems, especially as she finally arrived at the point where those injustices became clear to her. Her questioning of her religion, her marriage, and her work are only a small part of the larger realm that she needed to deal with as she struggled to uncover, liberate, and take ownership of her female self as well as embrace the Divine Feminine. It has been truly enriching and liberating just to enter into this journey, and recognize that her voice is an echo of what is the common struggle of women everywhere. This is an excellent book for women to read! At times I identified so intensely with what I was reading that my deepest emotions overwhelmed me.

A must read book!!!!
Thank you Sue Monk Kidd for writing this book. It was an affirmation that the journey I'm on is where I am suppose to be. I could identify with most everything you shared. It is not easy to face this journey, so if we increase by number we will begin to make change. I belong to a Circle of Women and we celebrate 2 years of sharing in ritual. It is empowering to grow with women following the same path. Because I have conveyed that you can find your higher self and your sacred feminine, others want to know how. This book should be on the BEST SELLERS LIST. It is a must read to change the conditioning of every male and female on this earth. I am doing my part to pass it on. Thank you Sue for writing this book. EKD

A text book of "Family Values" that gives a daughter hope!
Sue Monk Kidd's touching and honest story of her journey toward wholeness is an comfort to women who have made similar journeys and an inspiration to women who are just beginning to explore the boundaries of patriarchalism. It is also a "must-read" for men who love women: and who believe that the gift of life abundant the creator offers belongs to both genders. As a pastor and preacher, I find "The Dance of the Dissident Daughter" meets the criteria for the best of inspirational reading: it both comforts the afflicted, and afflicts the comfortable. Highly recommended for everyone.