{"product_id":"woman-who-glows-in-the-dark-a-curandera-reveals-traditional-aztec-secrets-of-physical-and-spiritual-health-elena-avila-w-joy-parker","title":"Woman Who Glows in the Dark: A Curandera Reveals Traditional Aztec Secrets of Physical and Spiritual Health \/ Elena Avila w\/ Joy Parker","description":"\u003cp\u003eTarger Perigee. Trade pb. New. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“An autobiographical account of how a psychiatric nurse specialist became a folk medicine healer; this also explains the origins and practice of one of the oldest forms of medicine in the New World.″—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePraise for WOMAN WHO GLOWS IN THE DARK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“This is a book that we’ve been awaiting for years—one that unites the best medicine from the ancient past with the deepest needs of the contemporary heart and soul.”—Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D., author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWomen Who Run with the Wolves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Gift of Story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFaithful Gardener\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Elena Avila’s book is a combination manual, memoir, and healing chant. I’m so glad these stories and secrets – which have been known orally by our culture for ages – are finally down on paper.” —Julia Alvarez, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Avila shatters myths about curanderismo and reminds us that it’s just as important today as it was centuries ago.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Austin Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“In this age of impersonal and technologic health care, Elena Avila’s book gives the reader permission to rely on what has all too often been forgotten. Her message—that healing cannot occur without the heart, instincts, wisdom, and compassion of the healer—is given with grace and simplicity.”—Barbara Dossey, R.N., M.S., HNC, FAAN, Director, Holistic Nursing Associates\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Truthful, often painful, always riveting, WOMAN WHO GLOWS IN THE DARK reveals how the practices of curanderismo can heal the soul sickness not addressed by Western medicine.”—Rudolfo Anaya, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBless Me, Ultima\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46785088159910,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/womanwhoglows.jpg?v=1761606427","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/woman-who-glows-in-the-dark-a-curandera-reveals-traditional-aztec-secrets-of-physical-and-spiritual-health-elena-avila-w-joy-parker","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}