This book covers in an expert fashion one of the most severe congental anomalies in infant still compatible with life. While the editors brought colleagues from all over the world to collaborate on this book the strength resides in the chapters from the Hopkins group and their in dept experience with this defect. The chapters on ostoetomy by Dr. Paul D. Sponseller are state of the art reviews of this important adjunct to exstrophy surgery. The chapter of the management of the failed exstrophy was clearly the strongest in the book because of its depth, concise nature and technical guidance for the occasional exstrophy surgeon. All in all a superb text.

This is a very good reference book to have for anyone who has bladder exstrophy. A lot of technical illustrations designed for the advanced medical community, but if read slowly enough it can be digestable.....Dr. Gearhart did an excellant job!!!!

I read this book for the first time in 1980. It became the standard by which I have judged other feminist/lesbian books. The concept is uniquely wonderful.It is a must read for any woman identified female who enjoys fiction about women.

It began as protections for women, but soon the lives of women became more and more controlled, and anyone who protested either disappeared or had a sudden change of heart. Women left the cities for the wilderness to live their lives as they chose, but sometimes they were hunted, captured, raped, or killed. Now, years later, women's culture in the wilderness blossoms in balance with nature, and they've developed amazing abilities of flight and telepathy. The threat from the governing men of the cities seems to be growing, and the women struggle to decide their path as the gentles (those men dedicated to nonviolence, especially against women) contact them to assist. But can the gentles be trusted, even though they're men? "Wanderground" is a classic utopian story of interconnected tales, as well as a potent novel about the power of women as a group. With a force equal to such feminist classics as "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Woman on the Edge of Time", "Wanderground" inspires us to envision a world lived in harmony with each other and with the world, and shows us the possibilities of reward in such an environment.

I think many people overlook this helpful little book due to it's title. A Feminist Tarot as a title seems to make main-stream readers feel there is nothing to be gained her. NOT SO. The reason I like this book so much is it is one of the only Tarot books I have ever seen that takes the "traditional" or "standard" meanings to the Tarot Cards which were mostly established around or before the 1930s and puts those meanings along side the authours contemporary interpretations. The result is a great little snapshot on each card that gives you an idea of the very different places the images on the cards can leave you. If you want to work with book meanings this is the way to go since you can quickly and easily get two VERY different interpretations. This book also has some of the very succinct and logical information on the History of Tarot, and provides an historical outlook often overlooked by Tarot enthusiasts. Definately worth keeping as a reference for the serious Tarot Student, or the student who wants to know "what the cards should mean."

I've read over 50 books on Tarot and I keep going back to this one. Like a great Tarot deck, every time I use this book, I discover a new insight. It is written clearly and laid out well for a beginner, but sophisticated and intelligent enough to continue to appeal to someone like me who has read everything else, too. While the authors are feminist, they are also very in tune with the non-political and the non-gender issues their readers are bringing. I guess if someone hates the idea of the potential power in women, or thinks violent patriarchy is the pinnacle of human development(!), they would be turned off by the authors'feminist approach. But most folks should find a lot to work with here!

Continuing the fascinating ecofeminist and philosophical trilogy, "The Magister" takes place about a year after the first book, "The Kanshou". The remaining human population now finds itself as a species with the possibility of extinction as children across the world are dying, seemingly at will. Zude, one of the three magisters who oversee the global government and the peacekeeping Kanshou, finds herself at a point in human history where the next decision is pivotal. With her exlover Jez, she comes to the realization that maybe it is time to dismantle the Kanshou and the various government agencies, what with the threat of humanity's extermination, and of course, this is met with resistance. How can the two women convince the world that it's the right thing to do, when the world as they know it is out of control? Ultimately, a new ability called 'going shy' (not unlike teleportation) leads to a startling discovery and a new hope for our planet Little Blue, if only people can embrace it in time. Unlike "The Kanshou", Gearhart's focus here is mostly on Zude and Jez, through whom we envision a jarring, yet intriguing world. While still heavy with politics and philosophy, "The Magister" is also quite compelling as it challenges readers to see life in new ways. I can hardly wait to see where the third book, "The Steward", takes us!

This book is full of lies and misinformation. I cannot believe there are creatures in this world that advocate this kinds of things. It is just plain disgusting.

This is a book for all women and all men who are willing to expand their viewpoints of the world around them. These loosely linked stories follow a path towards realization reuniting men and women in one world of understanding. Well written and thought provoking.

A co-worker loaned me her copy of Wanderground over a year ago. After reading a chapter or two it was layed aside. Apparently I wasn't ready to read it at that point in my life. Last month I found the book's purple and lavender cover winking at me from a pile of books. This time I was ready. I devored the stories.
I found Wanderground to be a fascinating vision of what women could be. Although there is a great deal of underlying justified anger in many of the stories, the loving environment in which the characters enfold themselves and each other demonstrate the potential for women that our cultural myths deny them.
Sally Gearhart touches not only on what women could be, but predates Danial Quinn's "Ismael" by twenty years in calling attention to western culture's wasteful and destructive use of the earth's resourses.
I found the respect for life, plant and animal, to be very compelling. It is too easy to forget in our pre-packaged shrink-wrapped consumer lives where our food comes from -- that a spirit was deprived of its host so that we may continue to live, for now.
For me, the most moving chapter was the last one, where an elderly woman and her goat prepare to pass on. I found myself in tears at the end of the book.
Thank you Sally, for sharing your vision.
-- Pat Henderson