Asya's Laws (2006 Right Brain Books) draws the reader as close as a dear friend. From her heart, Asya shares all that she has learned about life and love, about being a wife, a lover, a mother, a daughter. First chapter to last, it is easy to see the patterns in this life story. The men Asya loves always seem to let her down. Her first lover's intolerance, her first husband's infidelities, her second husband's insecurities seem to conspire against her life-long search for a love that lasts. Through it all, though, Asya demonstrates the secret to emotional health: the ability to learn from her own mistakes and decisions, without self-condemnation. She makes no excuses and refuses to kneel before the altar of false morality. Asya's more practical approach is to remain true to herself, to learn and to grow. Her journey, as told to author Charles Fleetham, comes with history and cultural lessons that make the book an even more interesting read. Many women will see themselves or their children, mothers, sisters and friends, because Asya's laws extend beyond the borders of countries, beyond the limits of time and space. And these lessons of love lost and found, everyone learns. --Joni Hubred-Golden |
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