In Sweet Company: Conversations with Extraordinary Women about Living a Spiritual Life

By Margaret Wolff and Margaret Wolff

Book Overview

In Sweet Company takes readers on a spiritual odyssey into the hearts and minds of some of the most influential women of our time --Olympia Dukakis, Sister Helen Prejean, Riane Eisler, Zainab Salbi, Margaret Wheatley, Katherine Dunham, Reverend Lauren Artress, Grandmother Twylah Hurd Nitsch, Sri Daya Mata, Rabbi Laura Geller, Le Ly Hayslip, Miriam Polster, Alma Flor Ada, and Gail Williamson. For all these women, their spiritual life nourishes them and serves as a dependable compass for decision making. Written with warmth and wisdom, In Sweet Company tells their stories, their personal journeys, and relates their thoughts on living a spiritual life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787983381
• ISBN13: 9780787983383
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Extraordinary on many levels!

There are many extraordinary aspects to this book. The first is that I felt like I was right in the company of these remarkable women as they talked about their lives. Much more than interviews, they are true conversations, and I felt I had been invited to sit in on them, able to see and hear on many levels the depth of what was being shared. Wolff is a master at what she does! Each one of the fourteen women came alive as she generously shared her spirituality with a groundedness that has no room for pretense. Their stories are not about dogma and doctrine; it is about their innermost lives--real and touching. I was also captivated by the story behind the story: The author determined to write the book following a serious car accident which left her with profound, permanent brain damage, unable even to construct a sentence. By refusing to accept that fate, and working relentlessly to regain brain function, she ended up not only with an insightful book about others' lives, she recreated her own brain from the rubble, re-grooving and rewiring it to superb capacity. Incidentally, it was a man who first told me about the book. I knew he did not have time for fluff, so I bought the book, and after reading it, bought four more copies to give to both men and women friends. It is an extraordinary treasure on many levels! Catherine Light, Encinitas, CA

An Insightful Blessed Journey - Thank You Margaret!

If you are looking for the perfect gift for a woman in your life, you have found it! What a gracious blessing this book and author are to our world. Margaret Wolff is an Extraordinary Woman herself! I don't even recall how I first stumbled across her and her book "In Sweet Company". Before I even purchased the book, I read her newsletter and emailed her. To my delight she responded - more than once. I purchased the book, after the first chapter I purchased two more...this book just has to be shared! I think I've passed along at least 6 or 7 copies of this delightful treasure to my family and friends, and have 2 more on order. I am grateful to Margaret for her book and her monthly newsletters. Someday I hope to met her in person and attend one of her presentations. Enjoy ~ Michelle

In The SWEETEST Of Company

Extraordinary. Exceptional. Brilliant. Real. In her most insightful of ways, Margaret Wolff opens up the lives of some of the most amazing women in recent history. With an extremely sensitive touch, she offers the reader an incredible glimpse into what it means for anybody--you, me, or the "extraordinary" women found between the covers--to live a spirit-filled life. As this precious book unfolds, it shows what is required of us to find the meaning we are all searching for...but, far from "preach-y" or "dogmatic" the wordplay in this book delights and dances as it reflects our storied lives; filled as they are with opportunities for exploration, experience, and communion. A must-read for everybody who wants to discover the power of simplicity... Brilliantly crafted. Generous. And, filled with the simple revelations found in our everyday lives, Wolff lets us feel safe as we imagine what's really possible in our lives; warmed and comforted as we share time in her sweetest of company.

For Men, Too!

This book is not just for women. Not only did I received many insights and answers, but I also identified with some issues. The spiritual quest is indeed universal, and its essence neither masculine nor feminine.

Deep, thoughtful, uplifting

I'm only halfway through this book and it has literally changed my experience of life during the past couple of days. I've read thousands of books but I can compare its impact to only a very few. The spiritual wisdom Wolff has elicited from the women she interviewed, plus her own beautiful, lucid, candid writing style, have deeply moved and heartened me.