Madelene D. (Madelene) - reviewed on 10/15/2010 + 19 more book reviews

I bought this book but at times it became laggy and I decided to circulate it since so few copies were around at that time. It seemed to haunt me the little I gleaned from skimming chapters. I liked the layout of the book but the conversation or wording at times seemed stilted.I know that it did go into the magical which I did like it shows a side of the times then when healing that way was a true way of healing. I loved the fact of the mother daughter bond and the name keeping the chain of string women intact over the centuries.

I'm looking forward to reading and keeping my second copy I ordered new. What I did read I did love but I am impatient and the thought of "I wonder what's going on with the energy in her hands" made me skip ahead. I loved the exploring of the old house how it came to be. Her little dog and her romance's. Her being used by her professor. I keep wanting to write about significant point's that were so wonderful to me but I truly do not want to ruin the whole experience for you. I do hope that others will be open minded of the book and recognize that magic or as they put it a cunning woman was pretty much their only resort for illness in those days and more likely than not they did help the individual. It was peoples fear's and phobia's back then that lead to the death of many of pure heart who did not want to sully their names for most times it was all they had. So begin your travel with this book with an open mind. Realize that its all herbal healing for the most part. But as in life some are more gifted to others.

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