Diana, herself : an allegory of awakening

Maybe, once or twice in your life, you have experienced a surge of destiny so strong it made you believe in miracles.

Such bolts from the blue seem to hit when weariness or ill fortune have plowed through the ground of reason, breaking it up so magic can take root.

What follows is so perfect that to call it accidental defies belief.

Diana Archer is an absolutely -- mathematically! -- average woman, living an unremarkable life, when destiny reaches her.

Without quite knowing how or why, she finds herself leaving everything familiar and moving into a world where miracles are commonplace, where her supposed flaws become her salvation, and where each persons story is everyones.

In this exuberant allegory, bestselling memoir and self-help author Martha Beck takes readers into the wild parts of the world and the human psyche.

The story of Diana, Herself helps every reader chart a course for awakening to greater joy, adventure, and purpose.