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Sunday Book Review – Words We Carry – Essays of Obsession and Self-Esteem/D.G. Kaye
Last week I ran a book promotion on my book, Words We Carry. I found out that author, Luna Saint Claire had not only taken advantage of the free copy I offered for download, but read it quickly and posted an inspirational review within the same week. Thank you Luna for taking in the heart of this book and for sharing publicly for others to read. I hope it empowers many more.
Words We Carry
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Words We Carry
by D.G. Kaye (Goodreads Author)
by D.G. Kaye (Goodreads Author)
Luna Saint Claire‘s review
Aug 17, 2017
bookshelves: discovery, psychological, relationship, memoir, self-help, self-esteem, self-reflection, women
Authentic and Intelligent. I read the introduction to Words We Carry, and I couldn’t put it down until I finished. Everything D.G Kaye wrote about growing up—the obsession with fitting in, being slim to point of hipless, trendy fashion, big hair, makeup and even the high heels that we practiced walking in from the time we were three years old, had me nodding my head until I felt like a bobble-head doll. I was struck by a sentence in her chapter on flirting. “Our egos may lead us to believe that we have to be the object of someone’s attentions to quantify our sexualities.” I can see now how as young girls we learned to flirt and use our sexuality to gain advantage. D.G. Kaye openly shares her memories of growing up, vividly detailing her feelings and insecurities. I personally can identify with every single chapter, right down to the movie Psycho and my fear of the dark.
But this is a timeless book and one that is still extremely relevant today. Kaye’s chapter on vanity, centers on insecurity and people pleasing (friends, parents, teachers, boyfriends) out of fear of rejection but more so for validation. In the section Relationships, she reveals how in a past relationship her overly compassionate, ‘I can fix him’ mentality lead to an erosion of her self-worth. Kaye advocates doing away with negativity and not letting it overtake your life, and permeate your well-being. She stresses the importance of addressing and overcoming one’s fears, which if ignored can easily make one a target of abuse. Kaye’s chapter on that subject rang true for me as well, and is a clarion call to develop self-esteem early in life. But it is never too late. Kaye hit the bulls-eye with the statement “We all possess the ability to save ourselves.”
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dgkaye
D.G. Kaye is a nonfiction/memoir writer, who writes from her own life experiences and self-medicates with a daily dose of humor.
41 Comments
writerchristophfischer
Well deserved praise. Glad to see that it is such a thoughtful review as well. Have a wonderful Sunday! <3
dgkaye
Thank you my wonderful friend. That means a lot. <3
robbiesinspiration
Congratulations, Debby. A wonderful review of your book.
dgkaye
Thanks so much Robbie. 🙂
Adele Marie
wow, this is an amazing and heartfelt review. Wonderful. xxx
dgkaye
Thanks Adele. I was truly touched. <3
Adele Marie
<3
Stevie Turner
Great review. I look forward to reading the book.
dgkaye
Thank you Stevie. I’m so glad we enjoy each other’s books. I’ll be squeezing another of yours in soon too! 🙂
Judith Barrow
Couldn’t agree more with this review of such a brilliant and sympathetic book
dgkaye
Thank you SO much Judith. <3 xo
Jacqui Murray
What a wonderful review. I would jump out of a plane with a parachute for one like that.
dgkaye
Lol, now that was just funny Jacqui! Thank you so much. 🙂 xx
lisa thomson-The Great Escape...
What a wonderful review, Debby. I’m anxious to get started on your book. I now I will identify with much of these insecurities. Although I’m not the same person I was in my 20’s, I still revert to old thinking at times. Congratulations on your success with this book!!
dgkaye
Thanks so much Lisa. Old habits do die hard. I’ll be interested in hearing your thoughts when you get there. <3
balroop2013
Congratulations Deb…you have blessings all around you! I am feeling inspired 🙂 have a wonderful Sunday!
dgkaye
Thank you so much B, for your kind words as always. 🙂 xx
roughwighting
EXCELLENT review! ❤️
dgkaye
Thanks M. I’m stoked! 🙂 xx
D. Wallace Peach
Another fantastic review, Debby. They’re rolling in! Congrats 🙂
dgkaye
Thanks so much Diana. (Sorry just found you in spam!) 🙂 x
D. Wallace Peach
No problem. I seemed to be landing in spam everywhere on Sunday!
dgkaye
Believe me, I know the feeling. I even saw your comment at the Recipe Hunter’s blog late. I wonder if you were in spam there too, lol, you spammer! 🙂 x
Christy B
Awesome! I’m so happy for you 😀 I shared on all my social networks. Keep up the great work, dear friend!
dgkaye
Thanks so much my wonderful sharing friend. <3
olganm
A fantastic review. Congratulations, Debby and also to Luna St Claire.
dgkaye
Thanks so much Olga, from both of us. 🙂 x
http://www.salpa58.wordpress.com
Wonderful review, Debby. Sorry I missed the opportunity to download your book, but I can and will purchase it. The read list is long, but I will get to it before my days on this earth is done, I hope. I have been and am still going through testing, the doctors are still checking to see if I’m alive, ha!.
dgkaye
Thanks Patricia. We all get there. And oh my, I do hope you are ok? <3
Norah Colvin
What a great review, Debby. You have much wisdom to share.
dgkaye
Thank you Norah. I do hope so. 🙂 This review was very uplifting for me. 🙂
Annika Perry
Debby, this is a brilliant, incisive review and one you should be proud of! ?The topics in your book are tough and call for inner reflection – by sharing these and the inner wisdom gleaned from them you are an inspiration for anyone reading your book. Well done and kudos to Luna Saint Claire for such a speedy review…puts me to shame!
dgkaye
Thank you so much Annika for your beautiful comment. I love to share my findings with others, always hoping they inspire someone else. 🙂 x
Liesbet
Amazing! That is so great, Debby!!
dgkaye
Thank you so much. 🙂 x
Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, MCC, SCAC
Wonderful review, Deb – and my own review will join it in time. ::sigh:: Life – so far – has kept my time t-totally covered up, but I WILL find time to review ere long. I owe Robbie a read of the first chapter of her book in process that has been languishing and must come first.
For now:
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“Words . . .” is a quick read, thanks to your conversational style — I finished it the same evening I finally figured out how to download it to my Kindle. In my opinion, your “girlfriend” tone is one of the book’s greatest strengths.
It would be helpful to anyone of any age with a similar background (and most females still struggling to make peace with their real or imagined “flaws”), but I especially want to encourage younger women to give it a read. Perhaps it will help them avoid some of the heartache that accompanies those years when we SO much want to be “popular” and think we would be if we were taller/shorter/thinner/blonder – whatever-er!!
For what it’s worth to anyone else reading this comment, I second Luna’s comments (and now I need to find my own way to say the same thing – lol). 🙂
xx,
mgh
(Madelyn Griffith-Haynie – ADDandSoMuchMORE dot com)
ADD/EFD Coach Training Field founder; ADD Coaching co-founder
“It takes a village to transform a world!”
dgkaye
Wow M, that was beautiful. I’m truly humbled. Thank you so much. I’m so glad you took so much from the book. This review is beautiful in itself, just copy and paste it over to Amazon, lol. Thank you so much. 🙂 <3
Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, MCC, SCAC
GET REAL, Deb! Have you *ever* known me to be so brief? lolololol
xx,
mgh
dgkaye
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL You crack me upppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 xxxx
Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, MCC, SCAC
I am one with the Ancient Greeks. “Know thyself!” 🙂
dgkaye
🙂 🙂