The Blackberry Tea Club: Women in Their Glory Years

by Barbara Herrick

Midlife crisis is not a crisisit is a passage into joy. This was the essential truth discovered by the four women of a certain age, founding members of the Blackberry Tea Club, which began as latenight conversations while sipping blackberry tea with a little kick added. Those conversations about children, men, jobs, weight, clothes, food, travel, gossip, politics, medicine, healing, spirituality, adventure, and books grew slowly, beautifully into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573249653
• ISBN13: 9781573249652
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Red Wheel
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Very funny and empowering book!

Received this as a gift from my wish list (thanks, best friend of mine!), and have been working my way through it. I truly love a lot of the thoughts, musings and stories shared. The poetry is also beautiful; I find the book thusfar to be particularly empowering at this stage of my life.

Wonderful Stories

I bought this book and read it in one weekend. I have re-read it a few times now. The stories are inspiring, sweet, tender and beautiful. I loved the poems. It's a good book for women "of a certain age". Focus is on the joy in life. Highly reccomend it

To Friends !

I ordered this book on the recommendation of a friend. I could not put it down and raced through it in two days! I then began to read it again. This time I made myself read it slowly and reflectively and savored the poetry and wisdom of each story. I now keep the book within reach on my desk. When I feel overwhelmed with work and the mundane details of life, I look at the cover and smile. The joyous abandon of the women on the cover reminds me to take a break and play with friends. When I feel unappreciated and tense, I randomly read a highlighted section. I always take away a bit of lyric wisdom that never fails to brighten my spirits. Thank you, Barbara, for sharing your hard-earned wisdom and the secrets of the Blackberry Tea Club! Namaste'