Where Would I Be Without You?: Life Lessons from Wise and Wonderful Women (Friendshp Gift, for Fans of Badass Affirmations, or Good Days Start with Gratitude)

By B.J. Gallagher

Women Learning from Women

Here comes advice, inspiration, and fun from bestselling author BJ Gallagher. From Katherine Hepburn to her friend Suzanne, Where Would I Be Without You? brings the experiences and life lessons of women from all walks of life.

When women choose wisdom over wiles. True wisdom is the ability to learn from other people's experiences, and although we learn from books, movies, and preachers, women also learn from other women. With inspiring stories, funny words of wisdom, and positive affirmations for women, Where Would I Be Without You? brings female empowerment to all generations of strong women.

Where would we be without women? Where Would I Be Without You? is all about being thankful for the women in your life (and their wit). Whether our mothers or sisters, writers or inventors, sometimes we have to celebrate the women and girls around us. In this colorful book, Gallagher has collected pages of advice on love, work, growing older, and staying young; making readers ask what is wisdom, what does wisdom mean to these women, and most importantly, where would I be without you?

If you’re thankful and grateful for the women around you, and enjoyed books like Badass Affirmations, In Praise of Difficult Women, or The Shared Wisdom of Mothers and Daughters, then you’ll love Where Would I Be Without You.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Conari Press
• Release date: Sep 1, 2009
• ISBN: 9781609253240

Book preview

Where Would I Be

Without You?

LIFe Lessons

from WISe and wonDerFuL women

BJ Gallagher

Over the years, I have learned

from books and newspapers,

from movies and TV,

From preacHers anD TeacHers

—but mostly I have learned

from other women.

—BJ Gallagher

Where would we be if it weren’t for our women mentors and teachers, friends and family? Mothers, sisters, famous writers and thinkers, artists and inventors, friends and friends of friends all make an appearance in this wise and wonderful book. So let’s celebrate what we know—and pass it on!

Where Would I Be

Without You?

This edition first published in 2009 by

Red Wheel/Weiser, LLG

With offices at:

500 Third Street, Suite 230

San Francisco, CA 94107

www.redwheelweiser.com

Copyright © 2002 by BJ Gallagher.

Design © 2009 by Conari Press.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC. Reviewers may quote brief passages. This text was adapted from Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Other Women, originally published in 2002 by Conari Press, ISBN: 978-1-57324-859-4.

ISBN: 978-1-57863-455-8

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Cover and text design by Tracy Johnson

Typeset in Filosofia, Futura, Memphis, Eclat, and Chic Hand

Cover and text illustrations © 2008 Jens Kelley/istockphoto