In the tradition of Eat, Pray, Love and Cheryl Strayed’s Wild comes a fresh voice in women’s non-fiction. Join Cate Montana on an amazing journey into the heart of the Amazon jungle, up staggering peaks in the Andes, and halfway across the globe to the consecration of a temple to the Great Goddess in southern India as she searches for the missing Feminine within herself and Western Culture.
Raised in a man's world to be "just one of the guys," Cate was a highly successful network TV editor and journalist, self-admittedly "brash, driven and highly competitive." While on assignment a chance encounter with a shaman sets her on the path of unearthing the illusive power of the feminine. In a raw and wrenching recapitulation of her life Cate discovers the devastating absence of feminine qualities within herself and the withering personal and global consequences of having only one paradigm available for her to express through: the masculine "P" values of Power, Possessions, Profit, and Progress. An intelligent, compellingly honest and frequently funny memoir of a modern woman's search for her own unrecognized feminine spirit, Unearthing Venus is both a visionary and everywoman story that brilliantly captures what it is to be a woman today and everyday.
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Release date
October 1, 2013 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781780286303
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781780286303
- File size: 491 KB
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Languages
- English
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September 23, 2013
Montana never intended to write an intimate memoir about a lifetime of exploring the uncharted territories of the feminine soulâof her soul. But when interviewing the Indian yogi Sadhguru, he unexpectedly asked her the question: "What do you know about woman?" Montana's life story unfolds in response and it's a gripping taleâa gradual spiritual reckoning rooted in childhood, but notably beginning in adulthood once she had become a successful woman. Like so many people, she longed for deeper meaning in her life, but unlike many, her determination to pursue self-discovery took her on remarkable inner and outer journeys across continents and into profound solitude. Written with candor, this insightful story touches the pain and humor of being a woman in the world. Ultimately, Montana realizes what it means to be a success as a woman, and with that, the bliss of being alive. Her story and lessons learned are personal and yet universal; she asks hard questions about the social consequences of long-denied feminine values, while passionately advocating for a higher vision of what humanity can become. Agent: Susan Mears, Susan Mears Agency.
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