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Irrevocably, a book for single women who, unsatisfied with living a worldly lifestyle, want to give their lives a new and godly direction. Author Dawn Eden, a Jewish-born rock journalist turned salty Christian blog queen, gives these readers the positive and uplifting message that they've been wanting to hear-that spiritual healing and a renewed outlook await them. Using her own experiences in the New York City singles jungle, she shows women how they too can go from insecurity to purity, and from forlorn to reborn. She tells women who have been around the block how to find their way home. Among moving books for single women, The Thrill of the Chaste is a pair of hip Ray-Bans in a field of rose-colored glasses. This isn't a book for dainty damsels in lacy white dresses long-sufferingly awaiting their handsome prince. This is for real women who need strong, motivational, and deeply moral messages to deactivate the ones they hear from a superficial, sex-obsessed world.
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 The thrill of the well-on paper book |
| Review Date: December 3, 2006 |
| Assessor: Jef Costello, |
Forget the topic of "The Thrill of the Chaste" for just a moment -- if you're conception this, you probably already have an attitude about it anyway, pro or con. This really isn't a book for single women, Catholics, or single people in all-purpose -- it's a book for anyone who craves fantastic writing. Eden, an moving blogger to start with, is an even more moving author when given the time and space to lay out her perfect argument on the virtues of chastity. Even if you fervidly disagree with her, you owe it to physically to read this book -- it's a case study in how to present one's view on a complex subject with wit and grace.
Writing about a topic like this is tough. The instant you say you're saving physically for marriage, people reckon you're a devout nut, shy, insane, or all three place together. One approach is to answer with all rhetorical guns tremendous, and shoot down your critics as immoral, out of touch, etc. That will win you plenty of fans -- but they'll mostly be people who already agree with you to start with.
Eden takes the opposite tack, because she's not trying to preach to the choir -- she's trying to persuade young single women to take a second look at their behavior, and you don't make it at that by calling them names. By calmly laying out her case and relating her own experiences, she slowly leads the reader to be with you that not only is she sane, she's remarkably level-headed and honest about what she wants -- a committed marriage and a family.
We live in a society where the loudest voice ordinarily prevails, be it on blogs or cable news shout-fests. Do physically a favor -- read a book on paper by a writer who doesn't have to resort to cheap stunts to make her point. The excellent ones never do.
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A Real Woman's Case for Chastity
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| Review Date: November 29, 2006 |
| Assessor: A. VanHecke, Milwaukee, WI |
Wow! I just finished this new relief by Dawn Eden and it's quite powerful.
First, let me preface that this is a book about chastity aimed especially at twenty or thirty-a touch women who have earlier fallen for the "casual sex" dating game. In other words, this isn't one to hand to your young teenage daughter unsupervised.
With grace, excellent humor and a surprisingly upbeat style, Dawn, a 30-a touch New York journalist, shares the tale of her conversion to chastity and her vision of the liberating power of faith.
She presents a compelling (and quite legible) tab of the shortcomings of modern dating and the fulfilment to be found in a chaste lifestyle.
So what if you're not a woman in your 20s and you have lived chastely? Whether you're interested in better understanding those who fall into traps of modern polish or you want to pass excellent attitudes about sex and marriage on to your children, this book is a fantastic read.
First of all, naturally, she's "been there" - she offers incredible insights into the insecure and often depressing world of the "modern" single woman. Her answers aren't preachy, they draw from her run into and her faith in a loving and gentle way.
The other piece, though, is that she goes way beyond arguing hostile to this unhealthy lifestyle and a sense of opposing what is incorrect. She opens up a perfect vision of what is excellent and how to go about living "the excellent" in the modern world.
Though this isn't for young teens, there's so much excellent in it, that I plot on sharing it with my daughters some day. Perhaps we'll read it together before they go off to college. Here's a small sample:
"If your light shines through all you do, from the greatest thing to the smallest, then it will be impracticable for anyone to miss it. This is why the self-advertisement positive by the singles diligence is counterproductive. When you focus the spotlight on physically, no one can see how perfectly your light illuminates those around you." |
A must-read for young women
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| Review Date: March 25, 2007 |
| Assessor: Grace Leigh, New York, NY |
In The Thrill of the Chaste, Dawn Eden provides a much-needed argument hostile to today's "Sex and the City"-centric polish. Drawing upon her own experiences, both excellent and terrible, Eden not only illustrates the hidden dangers of casual sex, she also provides an moving take on living a chaste lifestyle and how doing so will subsidy oneself and one's relationships. As a 20-a touch female New Yorker, I found Eden's perspective relevant, refreshing, and extremely vital.
Eden engages the reader straight away with her hip yet moving writing. A former player in the casual sex arena that today's society so fervidly promotes, Eden is not shy about revealing her past, nor does she scold those who engage in the behavior that she has since turned from. Rather, she writes in a simple, honest manner that will immediately hit home with female readers who, having tried the "Sex and the City" approach to like and sex, are unsatisfied with the state of their own relationships and are looking for a touch more.
Eden's witty, often quite amusing writing is grounded in her own examples, and her references to pop polish (including, of course, various "Sex and the City" episodes) make her work light and simple to relate to. She shares details about her own sexual past and the relationships that she ultimately realized were so hurtful, yet she does so tastefully, revealing the truth about her behavior rather than sensationalizing it. She shows first-hand how casual sex is often used in an effort to obtain a committed link but nearly always winds up doing quite the opposite, preventing meaningful, loving relationships from being established. She plainly demonstrates the harmful things of such cavalier attitudes toward sex, especially on women, for whom she clarifies that sex is by nature an intimate act meant to establish an emotional bond.
But Eden does not just limit her conversation of chastity to the pitfalls of premarital sex and the repayment of waiting. She clarifies how living chastely translates to every aspect of one's life, including one's dress and social events, and how a chaste lifestyle is beneficial to both singles and married couples, fruitfully debunking the stereotype that chastity is only adept by devout fanatics and those with an aversion to sexual endeavor.
Even if Eden is never preachy or accusatory, her Christian (and predominantly Catholic) views and frequent references to Scripture may be hard to swallow for those with no devout beliefs or no desire to question the cult of casual sex. And, while men can surely subsidy from Eden's wisdom, the book's stylishly girly cover and Eden's focus on a female consultation may be a turnoff to guys. But, Eden's insights on the dating world, which include an analysis of the online dating scene and vital tips on how to branch out and meet the makings mates, will be appreciated even by those who have not yet been convinced of the chaste way of life - both male and female.
Overall, Eden's book is an enlightening, moving read that will hopefully help to make a more conservative, reverent approach to sex and relationships standard once again. I highly urge this book to women in their 20s and 30s who are looking for more perfect and fulfilling relationships. Read The Thrill of the Chaste and share it with your friends, your sisters, and - one day - your daughters. You'll be tickled you did.
Eden fans may also delight in Morse's essay, Like Is Justice: An Exploration into Mankind's Fundamental Nature |
Hey, guys - this book is for us, too.
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| Review Date: November 26, 2006 |
| Assessor: uncle jim, IN, USA |
While Ms. Eden's tale is told primarily for the subsidy of other women, I reckon it has profound implications for guys who are trying find a way out of similar meaningless sexual relationships. My life run into and that of many of the men I know, suggests that we are a major part of the problem. I suspect that should urge we can be a part of the solution, too.
I reckon we men often do look at the opposite sex as a piece of meat to be devoured. In recent years, it would seem, women have begun to retaliate by being the hunters. As Ms. Eden would tell us, we both lose.
If, after conception her book, a guy can still be unconcerned about the nature of the sexual link he has with a woman, I judge he has cast a dark cloud over any hope for a valuable and meaningfull link. Ms. Eden presents a depiction of woman that is intentionally pure and prisitine. It is as she was designed to be. Most men I know have never viewed her that way. It is in coming to that understanding that I judge this book will help us become the men we need to be.
Ms. Eden has provided me with an idylic vision of the woman I reckon we, as men, should aspire to become one with. So, guys, we can grow beyond the barn yard romps and become more of what we were designed to be, too. Pass this book around to your friends - male and female. We might be able to effect a change that will better our world. |
Coming Clean
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| Review Date: June 7, 2007 |
| Assessor: Patrick D. Colwell, Waterloo Iowa |
I read a review of 'The Thrill of the Chaste' in Gilbert magazine some months ago. I didn't immediately buy a copy, but I kept wondering what Dawn Eden had on paper. When I saw her on the list of speakers at the imminent Chesterton talks in St. Paul (June 2007), I chose I had to order one and read the book to see what makes this woman tick.
I'm sure I am not in the target demographic - young women - for this book. But, I have things in my past that I also regret. There are two things in life I have found to be painful, renewing, and most certainly worth the price: confession and absolution. I mean that in the sense both of confessing one's sins and forgiving others. There is a real sense of refurbishment, of honest unassuming nature, of being cleansed. Conception Thrill of the Chaste was much like that sort of cleansing. I kept thinking that her path, while different from mine, caught up the same history of painful mistakes, deliverance, and refurbishment.
As others have said, Dawn Eden manages to be nearly excruciatingly honest without wallowing in any sort of sick attention in quest of. I've said I find confession cleansing, but I am uncomfortable with freely proclaimed confession in many cases, especially when it seems intended to draw a crowd. Ms. Eden is of course a very fine writer. The reason her book is dreadful at times is because it is so simple to see that her mistakes have been so much like ours. Sexual temptation of one kind or a further seems to be nearly perfect. Isn't it a bracing blast of fresh air to find an author who does not worship at the altar of biased correctness? Doesn't it make us stronger to refuse to buy any longer into the mass media con job that promiscuity is the meaning of life? Dawn's description of hating the obligitory shared breakfast after a one-night stand dully contrasts the lie with a dose of reality.
I found the book terribly fascinating, an brilliant read. |
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