Value in the Valley: A Black Woman's Guide Through Life's Dilemmas

by Iyanla Vanzant

Book Overview

Offers African American women a message on spirituality and empowerment and how to cope with the challenges and negative situations of life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684802872
• ISBN13: 9780684802879
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Highly Recommend!

You've got to read this book. It will seriously change your life. You'll look and approach things differently!

So Good I Had To Read It Three Times

I was first turned onto this book when I raided my sister's bookshelf. She is just as avid a reader as me and I go over her house to get reading material whenever I have run through all of my own. Now I own a copy of this book myself. I just had to have it. No book has come closer to evaluating my real life. If the things in one chapter didn't happen to me, then they have certainly happened to someone I know. I think this book should be required reading for all women, no matter what their age or race. It helps put a method to the madness of our daily lives and the things we endure in relationships.

The value in the valley

This book knocked me for six. An extraordinary and powerful piece. Definately not for the faint hearted. I had to keep putting it down to cry my eyes out. It exposes you completely and empowers you in a way that you can never imagine. I found that i had to keep putting it down several times before i could finish. I described the "value in the valley" to one of my friends as a knock out in the ring. I am not just recommending this to every single female but also male readers. It's helped guide me through a difficult period. I was able to make a very confusing, difficult and the most important decision my life look so easy.Iyanla, when would you be coming to London?

Truly a masterpiece!!!

Iyanla's book is one which every woman SHOULD have, because we all go through our own ordeal at one point in time - whether we choose to admit it or not."Value in the Valley" helps us to realise that the "inner voice" always guides us and makes us understand why we do the things we do. But for this book to be truly effective, it takes a woman to reach a point where she's courageous enough to trust herself.

A must read, for all young women in search of who they are.

I'm a 26 year old single parent, and just happend to pick this book up by chance. Once i started reading it i couldn't put it back down. This book is very uplifting, and teaches how to not let circumstances overcome you, but shows you how to overcome your current circumstances. No matter where you think you are in your life, this book forces you to take a second look, and with your eyes wide open so that you get a glimps of the truth.

A Wonderful Inspiring Book for ALL Women!

This book was recommended to me by a black woman. She said it was a book for black women but it's really for all women. It will help you understand the misfortunes in your life and why we go through the same pain over and over again. When I started to read it, I found myself relating to a lot of the stories these women went through. And then she would explain why we choose the people we choose and why we go through it anyway when we know it's not good for us. I thought it was amazing. I have been recommending it to every woman I know ever since. It's an inspiring book and helps you become strong or stronger. It helps you empower yourself to controlling your life the way you would really want to live it. Definitely a book to read and have in your collection!