The Face of a Woman: Images from Around the World

by Ethan Hubbard

Book Overview

Ethan Hubbard, a former English teacher and deputy director of the Vermont Historical Society, sold his house and land in northern Vermont to visit and learn from rural and indigenous peoples of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0829811699
• ISBN13: 9780829811698
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Pilgrim Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.7" x 8.8"

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From the Preface

"In the spring of 1978, nearing my thirty-seventh year and determined to bring a deeper sense of fulfillment into my life, I sold my house and land in northern Vermont and began spending as much time as possible with rural and indigenous people. "The different cultures proved to be empowering teachers.... Each village, each family, reflected new ways of living.... The Inuit, who gave their babies away to those with none, taught me unconditional love. The Native Americans held a reverence for the natural world, Grandfather Sky and Mother Earth. The Maoris knew the joy of singing. The Australian Aborigines believed that the dream world was more real than the ordinary world.... The Samoans believed that whoever appeared on their doorstep became family". -- Peaceful, wise, filled with life and love in a world fraught with strife and despair -- such are the faces you will meet in these two volumes. With his eloquent pairings of image and word, each telling its own rich story, Ethan Hubbard brilliantly captures the connectedness of people from the farthest reaches of the world. Uplifting, refreshing, enlightening, these books reveal gentleness and strength, laughter and hope -- the true face of humanity.