“They can be like a sun, words. They can do for the heart what light can for a field.” —St. John of the Cross
This shining collection of true stories, which held the #1 spot on the New York Times best-seller list for weeks, honors the strength and reveals the beauty of women’s spirits.
Whether you’re a career woman or a stay-at-home mom, a teenager or a senior citizen, a young woman just starting out or a woman of the world, this delightful book will be a treasured companion for years to come.
Endorsements
“A woman’s life is full of emotions and this book touches them all. At last, a Chicken Soup just for us! It will warm your heart and lift your spirit.”
Leeza Gibbons
television host
“What a delightful treat! Take a break to read a few stories from Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul. It will add more joy and love to your day.”
Gladys Knight
singer and entertainer
“At last, a Chicken Soup for women! It touched all of my emotions—I laughed, I cried, I was inspired. Thank you for touching my female soul.”
Olivia Newton-John
singer and actress
“Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul is a fabulous collection of inspiring stories for women. What a phenomenal way to connect with other women! This book will definitely move your heart and uplift your spirit!”
Ann W. Richards
former governor of Texas
“As women, we give so much of our hearts and souls to others. Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul will fill you back up with love, joy and inspiration, and help you celebrate your magical female spirit.”
Barbara De Angelis
author, Real Moments
“It is not very often that one reads a book that entertains, uplifts and moves one to tears. Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul is one of those books. I highly recommend it.”
Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.
author, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway and
End the Struggle and Dance with Life
“I loved Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul—this edition of the Chicken Soup books has particularly touched me! Please keep writing more, as I’ve grown to depend on these books throughout all of my many hours on airplanes!”
Daisy Fuentes
model, actress, spokesperson
“These stories remind us what it truly means to be a woman or girl in today’s complex world—to have the personal courage, self-esteem and mentors who will inspire us to reach our dreams. Every busy working woman should take a few minutes out of her day to read these stories. They will refresh, inspire and bring balance to the day!”
Leslie Smith
executive director, National Association for
Female Executives Women’s Foundation
“This serving of Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul has the power to heal the common cold of the human heart.”
Margareta Arvidsson Cederroth
former Miss Universe
“This beautiful collection of stories proclaims the richness of a tapestry of experience woven from the lives of women. These stories are refreshing and insightful; they help us become more self-aware and see with greater clarity those simple things that give menaing to our lives.”
Ellen Green, Ph.D.
classics professor
University of Oklahoma
“Reading Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul is an invitation to connect with what is best about our lives—faith, hope, charity and love. I’ll take two helpings please—one for me and one for a friend!”
Susan B. Wilson
author, Your Intelligent Heart: Notes to
Women Who Work and Goal Setting
One night at 11:30, an older African-American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rain storm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking west, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her—generally unheard of in the deep South during those conflict-filled1960s. The man took her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxi cab. She seemed to be in a big hurry! She wrote down his address, thanked him and rode away.
Seven days went by and a knock came on the man’s door. To his surprise, a giant combination console color TV and stereo record player were delivered to his home. A special note was attached. The note read:
Dear Mr. James:
Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes but my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband’s bedside just before he passed away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Nat King Cole
Submited by Dan Clark
©1996 Dan Clark. All rights reserved. Reprinted from Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul® by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne and Marci Shimoff. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the publisher: Health Communications, Inc., 3201 SW 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442.
Feedback from readers…
A woman wrote from Croatia, “Since 1991, when the war in the former Yugoslavia started, I have lost my country, my town, my home. I have become a refugee, a resettled and jobless person; I have been separated from my husband and children…Your book taught me how to go on, to look around me and get up; it seemed to me that each story in the book was mine, too….”
