About the Author

Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer.Her work focuses on spirituality and the process of bringing spiritual themes ‘down to earth’. She has published eight books, four of which (including A Return to Love and Everyday Grace) have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. Marianne has lectured professionally around the world since 1983, and has been a popular guest on numerous television programmes such as Oprah,Larry King Live and Good Morning America. Seen as a guru by many of the biggest names in showbusiness, she also works extensively for non-profit making charitable organisations.

Reviews

‘Marianne Williamson displays in her writing the power and with that she displays as a speaker. Her honest accounts of different periods in her life will motivate readers for a long time to come. A Return to Love makes for very powerful reading.’ Louise L. Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life and The Power Within You ‘Marianne Williamson’s book is a classic. She reveals, with elegant simplicity, that love is not a mere sentiment or emotion, but the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.’ Deepak Chopra, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success and Creating Health

This book is based on Williamson's discovery of A Course in Miracles , a self-help guide whose provenance she doesn't explain. Age 26 at the time and feeling lost and desperate after indulging in the excesses of the 1960s, the Jewish author had no real hope for inspiration from the course because of its Christian terminology. But, she writes in this guide to the guide, the program works ``miracles'' for herself and for others who adopt its principles. Her extrapolations may appeal to readers in need of spiritual sustenance, but one questions Williamson's advice to the gravely ill. When she encourages them, for example, to ``write a letter to AIDS or cancer or whatever illness they might have, and tell it everything they feel''--even to fabricate ``replies'' from the disease--readers are likely to consider that a serious situation is trivialized. Williamson is founder and president of the Los Angeles and Manhattan Center for Living, a support service. BOMC alternate; author tour. (Feb.)

'Marianne Williamson displays in her writing the power and with that she displays as a speaker. Her honest accounts of different periods in her life will motivate readers for a long time to come. A Return to Love makes for very powerful reading.' Louise L. Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life and The Power Within You

'Marianne Williamson's book is a classic. She reveals, with elegant simplicity, that love is not a mere sentiment or emotion, but the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.' Deepak Chopra, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success and Creating Health