This Is Not the Life I Ordered
60 Ways to Keep Your Head Above Water When Life Keeps Dragging You Down (Revised, Updated, and Expanded)

This is such an amazing idea - the accounts of four women who have been to hell and back, and lived to tell the tale. But somehow, they took real substance, and made it glib and shallow and worthless. You can't even get a self-help book about dealing with trauma today without coming face to face wit......more

I had high hopes for this book, but it didn't really deliver. There are some powerful women behind it with some fantastic experience, but the disjointed aspect of the book wasn't compelling to me. I couldn't really attach to any one author. I quit reading about a third of the way through. My suggest......more

I liked the title and have, on occasion, found self-help books quite useful. However, this was not particularly helpful. The women portrayed were all super achievers (which is an admirable trait) who went through some serious trauma. But I felt, as did a couple of other reviewers, that the book made......more

Some good stuff here, mostly little gems of quotes. Written from the perspectives of four different, highly successful women, it's billed as an inspirational book. I found it a bit tedious. The extreme examples used are not "everywoman's" journey, so it made it difficult to relate to everyday life.......more