Did you know that the first named piece of writing was the work of a Sumerian woman in approximately 2085 BC, while the world’s first novel was written by a Japanese woman in the eleventh century?

I received a copy of “Woman Through the Ages” for review. Read on to see my thoughts and where you can buy the book.

My Review of  “Woman Through the Ages”

This is one hefty tome! I enjoyed reading this book and I do recommend it if you want to explore history from the perspective of women. What I didn’t realise was that this book is an alternative autobiography. Ann Merivale is a deep-memory process therapist, which means that she helps people to access long-lost memories to help them heal and resolve issues that continue to trouble them.

In this book, Merivale writes about her own personal past-life memories as chronicled throughout her current life. She then explains more about the history of the location and the time period to which these memories refer which I found fascinating to read. She talks about influential women or women who were infamous during different time periods, and the legacy they left.

 I will say that the book probably didn’t need to be quite so long, and there are some personal memories from Ann’s current life that might not be so interesting to read about. I am fascinated with past-life regression and there is lots of that to be explored in this book. It would make a great read for your summer holiday!

About the Book

Did you know that the first named piece of writing was the work of a Sumerian woman in approximately 2085 BC, while the world’s first novel was written by a Japanese woman in the eleventh century? Or that Hildegard of Bingen, the great twelfth century Abbess, writer, and composer, defied the Church’s traditions by viewing feminine sexuality as a gift of God? Or that one of China’s most powerful Emperors was a woman? These are but a few examples of the facts in this autobiography with a difference, Woman Through the Ages. Author Ann Merivale, a deep-memory process therapist, has used previous lifetimes in her own history to illustrate the roles we all play in preparation for returning to the source whence we’ve come. Skilfully weaving her personal story into each area and time period covered, Merivale highlights the injustices wrought on women for centuries, as well as their many achievements. Woman Through the Ages gives a fascinating and comprehensive picture of womanhood through the ages and concludes that the time for equality and greater respect for feminine energy is finally arriving.

Buy the book: Amazon US; Amazon UK; Waterstones; WH Smith.

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