{"id":2962,"date":"2019-08-07T13:52:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T13:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womeninleadership.flywheelsites.com\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2019-08-07T15:21:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T15:21:01","slug":"lillass-summer-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/lillass-summer-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"Lillas’s Summer Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"
Summer Reads <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Here are books I have been appreciating and I am sure you will too! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where the Crawdads Sing<\/a> (2018), Delia Owens. Publisher: G.P. Putman\u2019s Sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I absolutely loved this beautifully written book; its touching story and the celebration of nature as the story\u2019s setting. It follows two timelines that intertwine. The first is the heartbreaking and heart opening life and coming of age of a younger girl, Kyla, growing up isolated in the swamps of North Carolina. The second is an intriguing murder mystery. This is one of those books that is hard to put down!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Other Einstein<\/a> (2016), Marie Benedict. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book is about Albert Einstein\u2019s first wife Mileva Maric and it starts when Mileva goes to Zurich Polytechnic in 1896 to study Math and Physics. She was the only woman with Albert Einstein and his fellow students in the Program. The story is first and foremost fiction, although it is based on love letters between Mileva and Albert, where they exchange ideas on physics projects \u2013 clearly a meeting of brilliant minds and hearts. There is controversy that she played a part in Albert\u2019s groundbreaking theories that ultimately led to a Nobel Prize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found myself in awe of her, imagining what it must have been like to be an intelligent, university educated woman, married, with children, and then divorced in the 1896 to 1919 timeframe. Her brilliance, aspirations and contribution largely unrecognized, marginalized and in the shadow of her very famous husband. A fantastic read! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In Love with the Mystery<\/a> (2010), Ann Mortifee. Photos by Courtney Milne. Publisher: Eskova Enterprises Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This beautifully illustrated book consists of inspiring short passages, each with a heading – for example Wholeness<\/em>, In Love with the Mystery<\/em>, Simple,When to Let Go<\/em>, Disappointment<\/em>, Surrender<\/em>, Blessing<\/em>, Step Forward<\/em> to name a few. I am using this book as my daily inspiration \u2013 picking it up at any page, reading a passage and allowing its words to absorb into my being and guide my day. My daughter, Marie, who gifted this book to me, is reading several passages in her restorative yoga classes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch for more recommendations in the upcoming weeks. We’d love to hear from you too. Contact us at info@womeninleadershipforlife.ca <\/a> with your favourite reads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’d love to have you as part of our community. You can sign up for our WILL Newsletter<\/a> to get inspiring articles, news about workshops and events, and a copy of our ebook, \u201c13 Practices for Brilliant Women: A guide for transforming intentions into action.\u201d We hope you\u2019ll follow us on Facebook<\/a> to see what is going on in the Women in Leadership for Life world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are books I have been appreciating and I am sure you will too! Where the Crawdads Sing (2018), Delia Owens. Publisher: G.P. Putman’s Sons. I absolutely loved this beautifully written book; its touching story and the celebration of nature as the story’s setting. It follows two timelines that intertwine. The first is the heartbreaking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,95,98,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2962"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2980,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962\/revisions\/2980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninleadershipforlife.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}