{"product_id":"cassandra-speaks-when-women-are-the-storytellers-the-human-story-changes-isbn-9780062887184","title":"Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat story would Eve have\u003cbr\u003etold about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And\u003cbr\u003ewhat about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but\u003cbr\u003ecursed so that no one believed her? What if women had been the storytellers?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Lesser believes\u003cbr\u003ethat if women’s voices had been equally heard and respected throughout history,\u003cbr\u003ehumankind would have followed different hero myths and guiding stories—stories\u003cbr\u003ethat value caretaking, champion compassion, and elevate communication over\u003cbr\u003evengeance and violence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCassandra Speaks is about the\u003cbr\u003estories we tell and how those stories become the culture. It’s about the\u003cbr\u003estories we still blindly cling to, and the ones that cling to us: the origin tales,\u003cbr\u003ethe guiding myths, the religious parables, the literature and films and fairy\u003cbr\u003etales passed down through the centuries about women and men, power and war, sex\u003cbr\u003eand love, and the values we live by. \u003cbr\u003eStories written mostly by men with lessons and laws for all of humanity.\u003cbr\u003eWe have outgrown so many of them, and still they endure. This book is about\u003cbr\u003ewhat happens when women are the storytellers too—when we speak from our\u003cbr\u003eauthentic voices, when we flex our values, when we become protagonists in the\u003cbr\u003etales we tell about what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLesser has walked two main\u003cbr\u003epaths in her life—the spiritual path and the feminist one—paths that sometimes\u003cbr\u003ecross but sometimes feel at cross-purposes. Cassandra Speaks is her\u003cbr\u003eextraordinary merging of the two. The bestselling author of Broken Open and\u003cbr\u003eMarrow, Lesser is a beloved spiritual writer, as well as a leading feminist\u003cbr\u003ethinker. In this book she gives equal voice to the cool water of her meditative\u003cbr\u003eself and the fire of her feminist self. With her trademark gifts of both humor\u003cbr\u003eand insight, she offers a vision that transcends the either\/or ideologies on\u003cbr\u003eboth sides of the gender debate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly structured into\u003cbr\u003ethree distinct parts, Part One explores how history is carried forward through\u003cbr\u003ethe stories a culture tells and values, and what we can do to balance the\u003cbr\u003escales. Part Two looks at women and power and expands what it means to be\u003cbr\u003ecourageous, daring, and strong. And Part Three offers “A Toolbox for Inner\u003cbr\u003eStrength.” Lesser argues that change in the culture starts with inner change,\u003cbr\u003eand that no one—woman or man—is immune to the corrupting influence of power.\u003cbr\u003eShe provides inner tools to help us be both strong-willed and kind-hearted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCassandra Speaks is a\u003cbr\u003ebeautifully balanced synthesis of storytelling, memoir, and cultural\u003cbr\u003eobservation. Women, men and all people will find themselves in the pages of\u003cbr\u003ethis book, and will come away strengthened, opened, and ready to work together\u003cbr\u003eto create a better world for all people.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Blessed are the truthtellers, and Elizabeth Lesser is one of them. Cassandra Speaks is astute and witty, tender and soulful. It’s a tapestry of memoir, cultural commentary, and spiritual fuel that inspires women—and all people left out of history’s storytelling—to reclaim our lineage, to become prophetic alchemists in a world in grave need of healing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJamia Wilson, executive director and publisher of the Feminist Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eCassandra Speaks\u003c\/em\u003e is a nod to the power of storytelling in our journey to build a truly equitable society. It lays bare the relationship between gender and power, and makes a compelling case for deepening our connections and embracing our collective humanity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTony Porter, CEO of A Call to Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Elizabeth is a wise and powerful storyteller. \u003cem\u003eCassandra Speaks\u003c\/em\u003e helps us understand the roots of women’s shame and guilt and offers a path forward—by changing our stories, we change our lives.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEileen Fisher, founder of Eileen Fisher, Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Every chapter of this blazingly wonderful book hit home. It gave me strength, comfort and hope.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSally Field, Academy-award winning actor, bestselling author of In Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A book that will change women’s lives—and therefore, everyone’s lives—by calling out the stories that have held us back for millennia. \u003cem\u003eCassandra Speaks\u003c\/em\u003e delivers an urgent message to women to listen within, follow their instincts, and do power differently.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlyssa Milano, actor and activist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“When did we as women start trying so desperately to tame our feelings, our bodies, our ambition? In this powerful and beautiful book, Elizabeth Lesser brings us back to the earliest stories that convinced us to silence our voices, and then forward to a place where we trust ourselves to lead our lives—and the world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed and founder of Together Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eCassandra Speaks\u003c\/em\u003e is about the power of love instead of the love of power. Elizabeth Lesser speaks to the value of finding your voice in the wilderness of these times and, of taking a new kind of hero’s journey—one that replaces violence and domination with deep feeling and courageous communication. What a blessing!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIyanla Vanzant, author and host of Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889316917477,"sku":"NP9780062887184","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062887184.jpg?v=1730230993","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/cassandra-speaks-when-women-are-the-storytellers-the-human-story-changes-isbn-9780062887184","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}