Emeralds of Oz, Peter Guzzardi
Emeralds of Oz, Peter Guzzardi
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Emeralds of Oz
Life Lessons from Over the Rainbow

Author: Peter Guzzardi

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Unabridged: 3 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 05/14/2019

Synopsis

In the bestselling tradition of Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, a wise and inspiring collection of life lessons drawn from one of the most beloved movies of all time: The Wizard of Oz.After a lifetime in book publishing, Peter Guzzardi had edited a remarkable group of diverse authors, from Stephen Hawking to Deepak Chopra, from Carol Burnett to Douglas Adams, from Byron Katie to Geneen Roth. Yet everything he’d learned from working with them felt oddly familiar. One day it suddenly became clear: all that wisdom had its roots in a film he’d watched as a child, “The Wizard of Oz.” That revelation led to this book. It’s a jewel box of insights drawn from Dorothy’s heroic journey from helpless in Kansas to powerful in Oz, then back to Kansas, transformed by what she found along the way. In Emeralds of Oz: Life Lessons From Over the Rainbow, we discover what the most-watched film in history has to teach us. With that knowledge we become free to embark on our own journey, having activated the power to direct our lives that we possessed all along.

About Peter Guzzardi

Peter Guzzardi has worked in publishing for more than forty years. Prominent books he has edited include Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, Deepak Chopra’s Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, Queen Noor’s Leap of Faith, Susan Cain’s Quiet, and Douglas Adams’s Mostly Harmless. An independent editor and writer, he lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Crystal on August 08, 2019

Emeralds of Oz is part memoir and part self-help. I really liked the simplicity of it. Most of his ideas are not new to me, but are great reminders. There are times when you just want a gentle reminder to take care of yourself, but you don't want a high level of intensity. This books is perfect for......more

Goodreads review by Dana on May 22, 2019

Reading this book was a pleasure! What a unique way to dissect this classic.......more

Goodreads review by Neerja on March 25, 2020

A fun and short book to read. This book discusses some very important life lessons which is very beautifully outlined by the author. The author has very cleverly compared the life situations of an individual with the story of the Wizard of Oz. The author takes us on a journey with Dorothy in the Wiza......more

Goodreads review by Chantel on September 23, 2019

I picked up this book thinking it was a light-hearted self help book based on The Wizard of Oz, but the format felt more like an essay (“In this chapter we will show how...”). There is even a bibliography at the end. The large section of facts/trivia from the movie at the end also seemed out of plac......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on June 07, 2019

Cheerful little book about the hidden meaning of The Wizard of Oz. It’s more of a self-help book and I found it fairly superficial with lots of exclamation points throughout!!!!......more

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