THIS ONE'S FOR YOU MEN
If you're a man and think because THIS PRECIOUS LOVE is a love story, it's not for men, you're wrong. It is not a piece of fluff. It is a deeply insightful investigation of life's deepest issues and the consequences of the choices we make.
Here are some of the issues that will give you much food for thought as (and after) you read this book.
1. DESTINY VS CHOICE: Are our lives predetermined or is our destiny determined by the choices we make?
What do you think?
What does Dr. Jeanne think?
Can Ken and Jeanne's parting be blamed on their environment-- the culture they lived in?
2. Why did no one listen to them? Hear what they wanted? Why was there no one to help them?
Fred, their manager in Yellowstone National Park was a traditional patriarch--feeling responsible for them. Yet he never listened to what they wanted.
Where was Ken's Dad--his male role model? Why didn't he help them?
Their mothers had agendas of their own. What were they?
These are not just hypothetical questions. The issues are still there for all young people.
3. Is it true that there can be no solution to a problem or challenge that is not acceptable to the person's culture?
That culture may be his country or state, his community, his church, his family or the dominant parent in the family.
Ken and Jeanne both came from similar cultures yet very different.
Jeanne's culture said, if there's a problem, you solve it. If Ken can't go back to Yellowstone, she'd save her allowance and go to Oregon. She didn't ask, she planned and she went.
Why couldn't Ken see any solutions? What in his culture prevented him from seeing the possibility of moving out and working ofr his board and room so he could be with Jeanne?
What prevented him from even seeing the possibility of working his way through college?
How does your culture influence your decisions? Your children or grandchildren's lives?
4. When Ken finally contacted Jeanne, was she right to fear he'd not be willing to fight for them--that she'd lose him again? Or was that her "culture" of insecurity?
5. When Jack and Jeanne lost Kristina how did they grieve differently?
What about Jeanne's process brought her to joy, creativeity and service?
What about Jack's brought him dis-ease and ultimately death?
THIS PRECIOUS LOVE is a well-told love story and can be read for the sheer enjoyment of a good read.
Many men have loved it as you'll see if your read the thank you note Erv sent Jeanne. Click here to read it.
Many of the reviews Dr. Jeanne has gotten are by men. Click here to read those.
To download the first few pages of THIS PRECIOUS LOVE free and read them, click here.