The Long Way Around : How 34 Women Found the Lives They Love

by Colin, Emily A.

• ISBN13: 9781928556190
• ISBN10: 1928556191
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Coastal Carolina Pr

Summary

Women in North Carolina have important stories to tell. In The Secret To Their Success: How 33 Women Made Their Dreams Come True, and The Long Way Around: How 34 Women Found the Lives They Love, editor Emily A. Colin provides the reader with intimate glimpses into the lives of North Carolina women. In candid interviews and essays, these women share their secrets, fears, dreams and advice in the hopes that the women who read them will find common threads -- and ultimately be inspired. From a twenty-five-year-old Peace Corps volunteer to the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, the diverse women in these volumes -- among them writers, artists, entrepreneurs, and athletes -- let down their hair, chat about their experiences and talk openly about the events that led them to their current paths.

In The Long Way Around we meet women whose lives took more twisting -- and at times untraditional -- paths. The challenges they face are diverse, as are their backgrounds and life journeys. If you are searching for the strength to start over, s

Table of Contents

Writer, artist, Peace Corps volunteer	12	(13)
Eirene Chen
Hand papermaker and painter	25	(13)
Fritzi Huber
Publisher, Madeira and Generation Books	38	(5)
Julie Tetel Andresen
Intuitive consultant and spiritual counselor	43	(8)
Diane Brandon
Intuitive consultant and Shamanic Practitioner	51	(10)
Mara Bishop
Spirit coach	61	(15)
Kathi Middendorf
National certified counselor and trained mediator	76	(8)
Donna Noland
President, Ann Newton Spooner Interior Design	84	(8)
Ann Newton Spooner
Freelance writer and editor	92	(5)
Deborah Ellis Daniel
Freelance writer and Director of Communications, Duke University Law School	97	(12)
Mirinda J. Kossoff
Writer and real estate broker	109	(5)
Brooks Newton Preik
Teacher and Writer	114	(10)
Maudy Benz
Writer and Duke University professor	124	(5)
Elizabeth Cox
Writer, community arts and literacy activist	129	(13)
Jaki Shelton Green
Activist, trained mediator, student	142	(8)
Ruth Ann Binder
Director, Cape Fear Literacy Council	150	(9)
Billie Granger
Co-founder and Executive Director, Hispanic Liaison	159	(8)
Ilana Dubester
Founder and President of ReMark, Inc	167	(6)
Violeta S. Moser
Owner and President, Craven Consulting	173	(12)
May Craven
Duke University professor and women's historin	185	(16)
Anne Firor Scott
Award-winning writer, actress, humanitarian, Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University	201	(4)
Maya Angelou
Writer and UNC-Chapel Hill faculty member	205	(3)
Ruth Moose
Business manager, Lavin Entertainment	208	(14)
Elle Puritz
Jewish community activist and cookbook author	222	(11)
Penny Eisenberg
Executive Director, Lower Cape Fear Historical Society	233	(6)
Cathy Myerow
Sea Turtle Project Coordinator for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission	239	(12)
Ruth Boettcher
Stay-at-home mom, enterpreneur	251	(7)
Mary Upchurch Tobin
Medical malpractice defense lawyer	258	(13)
Shirley Pruitt
Owner, Castle Stables Inc., co-founder, Coastal Therapeutic Riding Program	271	(22)
Deborah Mastrangelo
A Stroke of Luck: The Story of How I Became a World Champion Kayaker	284	(9)
Lydia McCormick Fonvielle
Award-winning professional goldsmith and certified hatha yoga instructor	293	(11)
Cathy Holt
Internationally acclaimed basketmaker	304	(13)
Billie Ruth Sudduth
Owner, Creative Enterprises, Inc.	317	(5)
Carol Auclair Daly
Nationally celebrated quilt artist	322
Valarie Jean Bailey