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BlogHer, the Community for Women Who Blog, Rachelle Mee-Chapman I highly recommend it, especially as reading material for a book group."

"The combination of the book along with the discussion material provided on the website, create a powerful transformational tool for women who are seeking to reconnect to the wisdom they know lies within. Kathy Waller, Story Circle Book Reviews, reviewing books by, for, and about women It's also an excellent book for young women who would better understand themselves, their mothers, and the world in which they live." It is an excellent book for older women who need to look back and heal. "Returning to My Mother's House is Gail Straub's declaration of love, compassion, and understanding for her mother, for herself, for all women. Straub shows that life is not just about the daily task of existing through the empirical senses but searching for authenticity and gaining feminine wisdom through exploration of inner realities.
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She does this by opening the window into her complex, private, and deeply compelling stories. "Gail Straub challenges the reader to look closely into one’s life to discover, through inward reflection, the 'unbound flame' that is in us all. For all those interested in women’s issues and spirituality. As she untangles these threads, she processes her grief over her mother’s death.

"In this feminist memoir Gail Straub memorializes her mother’s unfulfilled life.