PW: The Goddess Wears Many Hats

To judge from a trio of forthcoming releases, the old saw "A woman's work is never done" might, with a New Age twist, metamorphose into "A goddess's work is never done." Due this month from Llewellyn is Recipes from a Vegetarian Goddess: Delectable Feasts Through the Seasons, which publicity manager Lisa Braun calls "a collection of hearty simple vegetarian dishes arranged around a seasonal theme." Author Karri Allrich features menu plans for the four major Celtic festivals; most recipes can be prepared in less than 45 minutes. Moving from pots and pans to knitting needles, Hyperion presents The Knitting Goddess: Finding the Heart and Soul of Knitting Through Instruction, Projects, and Stories by Deborah Bergman. This October release, promises the publisher, "g s beyond conventional how-to-guides to get to the heart and soul of the craft." An extensive "Purl 2, Knit 1" marketing campaign, notes publicity director Jennifer Landers, features "Knit-ins" with the Knitting Guild of America and the Craft Yarn Council, knitting group guides and online marketing with knitting sites. Cynthia Dadonna shows readers that humor is a beautiful tool in the continuing quest for inner wisdom in her Diary of a Modern-Day Goddess, coming in October from Health Communications. In the words of HCI communications director Kim Weiss, "As much as we're enamored of the New Age category, we're also happy to find a book where an author can make fun of it and herself in a tasteful way and enlighten us at the same time." Indeed, the author muses on affirmations, yoga, yogurt, finding Nirvana and even finding the perfect pump at Nordstrom's. You go, goddess.

--Dick Donahue

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