Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women (Devine Feminine and Goddesses in Older Women)

What's a crone, you ask? A crone has nothing to do with being witchy. A crone is an older woman who has come to really know herself, one who has wisdom to share and a wicked (in a good way) sense of humor. She has courage and ample energy. She shows compassion."The belly laughter of women together is something that usually happens in the absence of men. It's a spontaneous potluck of sharing that often arises in the midst of talk that is very real and true. . . stories of embarrassing 'could have been me' moments . . . It's never the same retold, it's a 'you had to be there' laughter.""Women bond with each other and reduce stress through conversation, which gives us an advantage in peace talks. . . .Maternal wise-women must become involved in peace processes in sufficient numbers to change the pattern."Crones Don't Whine is full of wisdom, wit, and plain ol' common sense. It's a gift from Jean Shinoda Bolen that should be read by every woman regardless of age but especially by "mature" women over 50 or 60.

Gave as gift to my wife. She liked it but did say it’s a bit superficial.

I love this author and I love this book. I give it to a lot of my friends when they reach "a certain age."

I knew a crone is a "wise woman", and at times I find myself a crone who is also wise. However, the no whing regulation is brilliant. When my daughter was little, I kept an imaginary "whine finder" in my pocket. It came out to find the whiner and made a sound that she detested. There are times that the old "whine finder" might escape again to locate the whining crone - ME. The book gave me some insight, food for thought and homework, reassurance and a lot of laughs.. Thank you so much.

Yeah, sure the cosmetics industry and plastic surgery doctors promise maturing women with returned nubile faces, plumped lips and smoother neck, but they sure can't give us the self-acceptance and self-love that Jean, in this book, helps us discover---new meaning for our post 50s years. This book opened my eyes and my heart to what my life can be like in my maturing years and helped me look forward to that time, envision it and be excited about it. Will any glossy-covered fashion magazine will offer this kind of information to their readers if it competes with their advertisers! The book is short-ish and easy to read, but its enough to comfort me and get me excited about who I am still growing to be. My catholic upbringing nor my matriarchal family-community background in the Philippines verbalized or gave me words for the mature woman's archetype of Crone, much less the Maiden and Mother---I was mostly made familiar with the "madonna-whore" syndrome in our conservative society! To begin to discover the triple archetypes and explore the crone is a filling-in of the gaps of ignorance-learning by a society that could limit me by withholding wise, nurturing and healing teachings---but now I found this book. I have also read her other book Goddesses in Everywoman, and will continue to seek more in Jean's other books and others'. Men, btw, can benefit from reading this book and others by Jean, for even they need self-nurturing and can further blossom too and in their older years. Amazing isn't it that we can still learn new things even as we get along in our decades.

I have found wisdom and guidance in Jean Shinolda Bolen's books since I read "Crossing to Avalon" many years ago. This book is short and pithy. Very short and very pithy. It is, in fact, concentrated...like sun-dried tomato paste or pomegranate syrup. My own desire would have been for more depth and development, but its advantage as it stands is in an almost haiku quality. I read it, one chapter a night, for several nights and reading it that way makes it a form of meditation. I suspect it would be a delightful gift from one woman in the crone years to a younger one just entering that stage of existence. If you are looking for honesty, humor and challenge, this is your book. However, if this is the first Bolen book you read, don't stop here! Pick up one of her others: "Goddesses for Older Women," "Crossing to Avalon," "Goddesses for Everywoman," and delve even deeper into her ideas.

This is easy to read and reframes aging as empowerment.

This book has some truly excellent wisdom. I possibly had my hopes too high, but it fell very short, in my opinion, of a 5-star book. I enjoyed the calm method of presentation, and I highlighted great sections I found very true. But the thing is so short.. For that price, I just expected more. Most of it are common sense, maturity... I just didn't find many ways the book shined.... Just a little dry to have juicy in its title.I loved the concept of thirteen aspects of life... The ending was a blatant political posturing. The idea that legalized abortion had facilitated enlightenment, or that Nelson Mandela was some kind of sainted crone man, among others... Those and other very rudely put liberal "truths" ruined the whole book. She must have grown weary in saying Crones have the power to think for themselves because she took that away.I'd say to find a way to read this book for free... Or be very certain you can get ten dollars of truth from a few outlined ideas. I'd say the book was average, not bad...not great or awesome. Thus three stars seems about right.

Luckily this is a short book which makes it much more useful - Bolen is fairly succinct in her descriptions of crones. I think a lot of what she talks about, however, related perhaps more to American women than to British. I feel the book was written primarily for the American market. It contains a lot of wisdom but much of it for me was what I already knew - perhaps because I've lived a fairly long time now and have come across and experienced a lot of what she was talking about. A useful book for those who are not yet crones but in training to become crones! An interesting writer.

Will put a smile on your face and rejoice in being an Crones, younger women should read too, just to let them know life does indeed improve with age

Easy reading and great joy and laughter as well as stimulating read. Recommend ++++++

Very happy with the book and your quick delivery many thanks

Excellect service. I have not had time to read the book yet, but looks tantalisingly good! And Crones don't wine....do we?