Product Description: What is it about Japan that so beguiles foreigners? It is a small country and yet an economic powerhouse, a land of great natural beauty — from green-cloaked mountains to glistening rice paddies — a place of intricate arts and crafts and amazing cuisine, and home to a people whose kindness and sensitivity surprise westerners at each turn...read more

Spanning the globe and covering a wide range of religions and cultures, these stories of personal transformation and self-discovery by women include contributions from Anne Lamott, Maya Angelou, Linda Ellerbee, Kim Cernin, Natalie Goldberg, and many others. Original.