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A Place to Land: Lost and Found in an Unlikely Friendship

5 reviews
Martha Manning, 2003

The ties that bind
I've heard many women comment on the fact that a white woman and a black woman can never truly be friends because of the differences in everyday life that they experience. Martha Manning's book A PLACE TO LAND proves this generalizing theory to be null and void. Manning narrates the story of a budding friendship between herself, a forty-something white woman, and Raina, a younger unwed black ...

Talking to Depression: Simple Ways To Connect When Someone In Your Life Is Depressed: Simple Ways To Connect ...

7 reviews
Claudia J. Strauss

NAL Trade, 2004

Great book for friends and family
When I got diagnosed my family immediately began researching depression and learning all they could. I just discovered this book at my parents' house, full of yellow highlighted passages. It was so touching to learn that they care that much about me and that they know me so well. I found the book to be so very truthful on many levels. She describes many possible actions and reactions and ...

Chasing Grace

12 reviews

HarperCollins e-books, 2007

Life as Sacrament
Martha Manning not only writes a delightfully charming and hilarious account of her Catholic girlhood, she also, and more importantly, connects adult life experiences with acramental spirituality. Relating real life experiences in the context of each of the 7 Sacraments celebrated in the Catholic Church, she gives a tangible reality to spirituality and explores life as a place where one ...

Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface

50 reviews
Martha Manning

HarperOne, 1995

Well-written, honest and inspiring
I bought this book several years ago and have read it about five times by now. This time I read it after suffering through the self-indulgent whining of Elizabeth Wurtzel in Prozac Nation. Reading Undercurrents right afterwards really showed me - once again - the merits of this book. Martha Manning write honestly, she reveals how much she suffers from her depression without ever descending into ...

Common Thread: Mothers, Daughters, And the Power of Empathy

4 reviews
Martha Manning, Rosie O'Donnell

Diane Pub Co, 2002

Compassionate, wise, and true
In this astonishing book, Martha Manning really pins down the truth of mother-daughter relationships--how difficult, how tender, how involved they are, how they define whole lives. In prose that is often beautiful, she evokes the intimacy and the struggle that exist between the females of the family, and shows how the generations learn to tolerate what they cannot love in each other. What's ...

All Seasons Pass: Grieving a Miscarriage

4 reviews
Martha Manning

Sorin Books, 2000

All Seasons Pass: Comfort in a Small Package
Grieving a miscarriage is such a different experience for any 2 women. I have miscarried 4 times and have remained childless. The devestation was subtle for me but nonetheless traumatic. Manning was able to offer insight and spirituality where I couldn't find any. It is not a "how to" book but more of a sharing; a common bond that touches so many women. This is the type of book that you ...

Common Thread, The

HarperCollins e-books, 2007

"No relationship is more fulfilling, infuriating, emotional, and problematic than that of mother and daughter. Now, in a work filled with truth, surprises, and humor, renowned psychologist and author Martha Manning offers mothers and daughters of all ages a new way to understand each other. Challenging the accepted premise that this powerful bond must be severed for emotional growth, Manning shows us why this precious attachment is never ...