The Work of the Heart Sheri R. Parris I found the book both

I found the book both stimulating and challenging

including major research funded by the Scottish Office

real-world guide with a unique local--national perspective

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By acknowledging that difficult thoughts and feelings are a normal part of being human

The Work of the Heart Sheri R. Parris I found the book bothHow did young American women construct and express their emotions between 1780 and 1830? Before Oprah and therapy, how did they reconcile society's demanding and often contradictory expectations? In The Work of the Heart: Young Women and Emotion, 1780 1830, Martha Tomhave Blauvelt looks to the often spirited diaries written by young women in America's early republic, arguing that the continuous, demanding, and often unnoticed emotional labor of women