{"product_id":"being-our-own-heroes-margaret-ashelman-9781595409850","title":"Being Our Own Heroes","description":"What started as a meeting of minds quickly became a melting of hearts. What did I expect at our first gathering, a continuing education class in memoir writing? I knew, of course, that these students would be seekers, though not of my own 60s generation. These were people of my parents' age, who had families and careers and a whole lifetime of friends- and then somewhere in midlife started over in this community of meditators in Fairfield, Iowa, to help create world peace. I didn't anticipate how deeply they would connect to writing. Each of their stories, so simple, so honest, revealed deep truths of life. I could never have predicted how stimulating, how rewarding and how fun it would be to teach them. These students' minds were settled and alert. Instructing them was like dropping a stone in a quiet pond-the ripples reached the far ends of the universe and bounced back with even greater power. There was something magical about our meetings .....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Ashelman, Dorothy M. Beal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595409858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595409850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 1st World Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Margaret Ashelman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124945154303,"sku":"9781595409850","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce0df7bb-c493-41ef-8611-1b3ab5934a4b.jpg?v=1687439730","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/being-our-own-heroes-margaret-ashelman-9781595409850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}