Reviews for The Fifth Book of Peace

The average rating for The Fifth Book of Peace based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-07-21 00:00:00 Jan Wilson i find this book amazing beyond words. if i had written it, i would think that my life work is done and i'd start preparing for death. okay, this is way too morbid. let me just say that i read this book at a point in my life when life really sucked, and by the time i finished it life was a large, generous, calm river teeming with colorful boats, peace, and possibilities. i taught it and no one liked it. there must be truly few of us who find this book amazing. at least read the first stunning chapter.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-03-21 00:00:00 Chad Chandler This book just took me in. It starts out with the fire in the Oakland Hills. She is coming home from her father's funeral and finds the hills and her home on fire. she loses the first hundred or so pages of a book she was writing. the middle of the book is her attempt to recreate that story. the rest of the book is about a writing group she begins for veterans of war. It is moving and much of it is what she says about writing, and going deeper and healing. AND she talks about being "Eldest Sister" and what it means in chinese culture. Suddenly, the "lucy" bossy sister person in be fell into place. I AM Eldest Sister. It means something. It felt right and I can't define it. But, I like my bossy self better for it (within moderation...)And I liked reading about how she sees things differently as she gets older. The book just took me in, I was supposed to read it.