I purchased this book at a time in my life when I sort of lost my identity. I realized my daughter was about to graduate from high school and being a single mother most of my motivations were for her sake. So I was faced with the fact that she would be moving on to college and had no idea what I was going to do with all this "me time". I also was not sure what I wanted to do with my life so this book is actually what started a deep thing within myself to find who I am, what I lost and where I wanted to go.

Women seem to have more difficulty than men in the area of self acceptance and worth and this book surely helps you reclaim that. I found it to be a celebration of womanhood,and gained the insight to not look at being a woman in a "man's world" as something to be dealt with but a blessing.

During some parts of the book you are really digging deep into yourself for your real feelings and motivations and you are addressing concerns and issues within yourself, which I found extremely important for improving my perspective not only on life but about myself.

It is an extremely empowering book and it is not what I consider "namby-pamby" it is emotional and full of grit with a steadfast but gentle "face yourself" attitude. I absolutely loved it and I am sure there are many women who can benefit from this book. It covers examples of issues women are put up against in the real world and that is one of the things I liked so much...it wasn't just a lot of psycho-talk...it was based more in reality than a lot of self improvement books I have read. I connected with it well.