Epiphany: True Stories of Sudden Insight to Inspire, Encourage, and Transform
Guest Reviewer: Marci ShimoffMarci Shimoff is theNew York Timesbestselling author ofHappy for No Reason,Love for No Reason, andChicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul.As all who know me and my work can attest, I love anthologies, especially real-life stories of the hero’s journey, where ordinary people overcome insurmountable odds and share with us their most important life lessons. For it’s by sharing these stories that we connect to one another on the most fundamental level of our humanity.InEpiphany, Elise Ballard has traveled the world and collected the life-changing stories of more than fifty people, including some of today’s greatest thought leaders, to show us the grace, the gifts, and the wisdom that life has to offer. I’m not going to give even one single story away, but I promise you, youwillbe moved, youwillreflect, and you most certainlywillwant to share these stories.Epiphanies are about transformation. They are the ”aha” moments that connect us with the Divine. In this impressive collection of true stories, we are invited to experience the transformation along with these fascinating and undeniably real people. Elise is a gifted writer and has done an excellent job in sharing her experience with each of her subjects. She portrays each individual with warmth and authenticity, whether they be a politician, a mother, a technical genius, a film producer, a doctor, a magician, or a student.This is the kind of book that you keep by your bedside and read over and over. Each time you pick it up, you’re invited into the private life of another person’s tale of transformation. It’s a classic inspirational collection to be revisited time and time again.I think this is a work of great importance. In this time of dramatic change, when so many of us must redefine ourselves based on a new reality, Elise shows us we can experience our greatest selves.