|
The strategies that we evolve to cope with these
feelings - greed for possessions or power, a propensity for
assuming responsibility for everything, saddling ourselves with guilt for the
world, martyrdom, envy or utter selfishness - do not lead to
happiness.
But Dorothy Rowe shows us how, once we
understand the nature of our longing and the conditions that prevent its
fulfillment, we can arrive at a state of wanting which does hold the
possibility of fulfillment, and which does lead to happiness.
Wanting everything is
such a startling book, so eloquent in its intelligence and its compassion, in
its requirement that we pay attention and reform - and in doing so, remake not
just ourselves, but also society - as to have the force of a modern day bible.
Fay
Weldon
Published by Fontana. ISBN
0-00-637430-1
Where
to buy Dorothy Rowe's books
|
