Carol Lynn Pearson

Honoring the female part of the divine, from a refreshingly modern perspective. Call Her Goddess―call her God the Mother―call her the Feminine Principle―Her children need Her, and our world deeply suffers the pains of Her absence. Through the warmth and the wit of poetry, this book is an invitation for all―women, men, of any religion or of no religion―to welcome Her home and set a permanent place for Her at the family table. Carol Lynn Pearson’s poetry is accessible, thoughtful, and thought-provoking―the perfect balance of wisdom, humility, and humor. Carol Lynn Pearson has been a professional writer, speaker, and performer for many years. In addition to her volumes of poetry, she is well known for such books as The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy; Goodbye, I Love You, her autobiography; Consider the Butterfly, which was a finalist in the inspiration/spiritual category of the 2002 Independent Publishers Book Awards; and a series of inspirational books that began with The Lesson. Carol Lynn has been a guest on such programs as The Oprah Winfrey Showand Good Morning, America and has been featured in People magazine. She has a master of arts in theater, is the mother of four grown children, and lives in Walnut Creek, California. You can visit her at www.clpearson.com.

Poems to Heal the World

Finding Mother God

"Polygamy?" says the mainstream Mormon Church. "We gave that up long ago." Not so, claims noted LDS poet and author Carol Lynn Pearson, who examines the issue as it has never been examined before. Any member of the LDS Church today who enters the practice of polygamy is immediately excommunicated. However, Pearson claims, polygamy itself has never been excommunicated, but has an honored and protected place at the table. It has only been postponed, a fact confirmed by thousands of "eternal sealings" giving a man an assurance that he will claim as wives in heaven the two, three, or even more women he has sequentially married during his lifetime. No such opportunity is available to women. Through her own personal stories, those of her ancestors, and the thousands of stories that came to her through an Internet survey, Pearson shows the power of the Ghost of Eternal Polygamy as it not only waits on the other side to greet the most righteous in heaven, but also haunts the living-hiding in the recesses of the Mormon psyche, inflicting profound pain and fear, assuring women that they are still objects, harming or destroying marriages, bringing chaos to family relationships, leading many to lose faith in the church and in God. Mormon historian and author Dr. Gregory Prince says of The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: "Carol Lynn Pearson has hit a home run in her quest to illuminate both the damage that Mormonism's de facto practice of polygamy continues to inflict, and the route to a better, more humane place. Those who truly hope for eternal polygamy or who resent any call to institutional reform will be upset, but countless others will rejoice that she has shown 'a more excellent way.' "

The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men

The true story of a wife, her homosexual husband, and a love that transcended tragedy. Gerald Pearson had been honest with Carol Lynn about his homosexual past, but both of them had faith that marriage and devotion to their religion would change his orientation. Love would conquer all. Then, after eight years of apparent happiness and the birth of four children, Gerald was no longer able to deny what he considered to be his essential self. Carol Lynn was shattered, her self-esteem all but destroyed. Their divorce, however, could not erase a lifetime of love and mutual support. Carol Lynn courageously stood by her former husband's side. Even when he contracted AIDS - and came home to die.

Goodbye, I Love You

Annabelle Perkins, a middle-aged waitress from a small midwestern town, has always dreamed of a trip to the Holy Land at Christmas. After years of saving her dream is about to come true until something unexpected happens that forces her to make a difficult decision.

A Christmas Novel

The Modern Magi

Here are quips and jokes for that vast half of humanity that is on the inevitable road to aging and knows that sharing laughter with friends is one of the best ways to live until you die. Samplings: When did my wild oats turn to prunes and All-Bran? Happy hour is naptime now. I finally got all of my stuff together and now I can't remember where I put it. Carol Lynn Pearson is the author of over forty books and plays, including The Lesson and What Love Is. She lives in Walnut Creek, California.

Growing Old (Dis)Gracefully

In Dog Years I'm Dead

I'm Still a Hot Babe, But Now it Comes in Flashes

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Will I Ever Forget this Day?

This book is an invitation for gay people to see their difference not as a defect, but as a calling to travel a new territory and bring a new gift to their Tribe. It is based on the journey of the hero as described by mythologist Joseph Campbell and follows the steps he outlines, from life in the "ordinary world," through the "call to adventure," reluctantly setting out on the journey, meeting the obstacles that include the "supreme ordeal" of wrestling with fear and condemnation in the "inmost cave," triumphing over "the Shadow," and finally returning with "the Elixir," the healing substance of love.

The Hero's Journey of the Gay & Lesbian Mormon

Rarely does an author say so much in so few words.Over thirty years ago Carol Lynn Pearson's husband, Gerald, insisted they self-publish her first book of poetry when publisher after publisher told her Poetry doesn't sell. Gerald's faith was well founded. Pearson's accessible, profound poems have moved millions -- in particular the countless women who have found in her their voice. Carol Lynn deals with universal themes in honest and compelling ways, and while her poetry is not esoteric, neither is it thin or light. Picture Window offers a compilation of Pearson's best-loved poems from four previously published volumes. In addition to the table of contents, where her poems are for the first time grouped categorically, Picture Window also offers alphabetical indexes by title, by first line, and by key words and topics.

A Carol Lynn Pearson Collection : from Beginnings to the Present

Picture Window

A Drama

Facing East

Poetry won t sell, said local publishers when Carol Lynn Pearson and her husband, Gerald, presented them with the manuscript for Beginnings in 1968. So they published two thousand copies themselves, believing that they had their lifetime supply of wedding presents.Nearly four decades and 300,000 volumes later, Carol Lynn s poetry has been internationally acclaimed, reprinted by Ann Landers s newspaper column, a Second Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul, and college literary textbooks such as Houghton Mifflin s Structure and Meaning: an Introduction to Literature.But more important, her poems have carved themselves into the hearts of her loyal following, giving inspiration, smiles, tears, and always the exact thought needed for a particular talk, lesson, letter, or personal need. Familiar life situations become vividly meaningful through Carol Lynn s magic of insight and imagery One splendid, never-worn red dress in the otherwise drab wardrobe symbolizes a mother s deathbed regret at her self-abnegating life and her offspring s resultant selfishness . an elderly farmer smugly contemplates the inherited land he has dramatically improved and then goes proudly home to the wife whose potential he has consistently stifled. a woman experiencing her second wedding, now an orchard in September, not a branch in May, says I do and knows I can. Beginnings & Beyond offers Carol Lynn s most popular poems to still another generation to enjoy and treasure.

Beginnings and Beyond

6 X 7 1/2 In, 32 Pp, Full-Color Illustrations Throughout From The Team That Brought You "The Lesson", Author Carol Lynn Pearson and Illustrator Kathleen Peterson Present This Life-Long Love Story. It's A Story of Touch--Thousands of Touches Over A Lifetime Commitment To Be Together Forever. This Fable Is For Any Couple Who Has Faced The Rigorous Day-To-Day Challenges of Family Life--Magic-Marker Flowers On The New Wallpeper, The Sound of Earrings Going Bye-Bye Down The Toilet, Squeezing Nickles Until They Screamed--And Faced Them Hand In Hand. It's About Seeing Each Other Through The Tough Times As Well As The Fun Times With Constancy and Humor. It's About The Unfathomable Depth of Love.

What Love Is

In a fable about the true meaning of gift giving and sacrifice, waitress Annabelle Perkins dreams of traveling to Bethlehem and bringing a gift to the birthplace of Jesus

A Christmas Fable

This fable of two trees beautifully chronicles a daughter's journey to adulthood and the everchanging,complex, and powerfully loving relationship between a mother and daughter. A celebration of the love between mothers and daughters.

A Fable for Mothers and Daughters

I'll Always Be Your Daughter

From The Bestselling Author of A Stranger For Christmas. "If Two Trains Are Approaching Cleveland, and One Leaves At 1: 00 P. M. and Travels At 50 Mph. . . " You Thought--You Hoped--You'd Left Them Far Behind, Along With Home- Work Assignments, Carbon Paper, and Caf- Eteria Food. But Have You Noticed That You're Still Faced With Story Problems? "If You Woke Up 14 Mornings In A Row Wondering If It Was Worth It To Get Out of Bed Because You Felt Like You'd Been Giving 100% To 2 Dozen People and Get- Ting Only 30% In Return. . . "So How Do Big Boys and Girls Solve Those Kind of Prob- Lems? Told In The Straightforward Trad- Ition of A Classic Fable, and Illust- Rated As Richly As A Favorite Children's Story, Pearson's Modern Tale Will In- Spire Every Adult Facing His Or Her Own Story Problems.

A Fable for Our Times

The Lesson

Help little ones learn to show love for the people around them, no matter how they look, sound, pray, love, or think. Beloved author of The Lesson and Will You Still Be My Daughter? Carol Lynn Pearson is known for her heartfelt, sometimes tear-jerking poetry and stories. Her newest title will enchant children with a sweet, tender poem about loving and accepting others, no matter what they look like, where they come from, or what their age and abilities are. Carol Lynn Pearson is the author of more than forty books and plays, including Goodbye, I Love You and I'll Always Be Your Daughter. She has been a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Good Morning, America, and was featured in People Magazine. She lives in Walnut Creek, California.

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