Gift of Story Hardcover – Import, 12 October 1993

Not upto the mark compared to the price

This review is for the hardcover version of the story, not the audiobook.I am a fan of Clarissa Pinkola-Estes.  Women Who Run With The Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman is an amazing collection of stories with reflective, Jungian interpretation following them. I bought this book in expectation of similar quality but was a little disappointed.If I had looked carefully at the product sales description I would have seen that "A Gift of Story" is a tiny book (16.8 x 13.2 cm) with only 40 pages. Essentially it is one traditional folk story wrapped in a couple of layers of other stories about how Dr Pinkola-Estes came to hear of the story herself.My 3-star rating is meant to reflect that this story is, in itself, "good enough" but it is a far cry from Dr Pinkola-Estes other publications. For some of her shorter stories I would more happily recommend her audiobooks  The Beginner's Guide to Dream Interpretation: Uncover the Hidden Riches of Your Dreams with Jungian Analyst Clarissa Pinkola Estes  or MP3 audio stories  Bedtime Stories . Women Who Run With The Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild WomanThe Beginner's Guide to Dream Interpretation: Uncover the Hidden Riches of Your Dreams with Jungian Analyst Clarissa Pinkola EstesBedtime Stories

Clarissa is wonderful. Utterly intoxicating. I could listen to her all day. I have listened to this cd many times and adore it. She draws you in and her folk tales and good advice and just brilliant. Yet to hear a piece of work of hers I didn't like.

Good

Delightful little book about the enchantment of story and how each of us has our own story to live and to tell.

i have bought several copies of this book as i have given them as presents. wonderful writer.