Talk:A Return to Love
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[edit] Created page for "A Return to Love"
In attempting to edit the Marianne Williamson article, it occurred to me that A Return to Love indeed deserves its own article because the book is the most successful book of ACIM interpretation, and one of the most successful self-help/New Thought books of all time. That in itself makes the book notable. As I mention on the page (a cited and quoted mention, by the way), this book gained Marianne Williamson time on Oprah, 20/20, and was Publisher's Weekly's best seller for about 10 weeks. That in itself makes the book notable.
Marianne Williamson is the author of many other books, but in my opinion only this first one is notable and deserves its own page. Every subsequent book by Marianne Williamson has carried the notice "By the author of A Return to Love". I think it is fine to mention her bibliography on her own personal page, but I think that this one book in particular deserves its own page.
There are certain books that have had deep impacts within certain genres and deserve their own pages aside from the page devoted to the other. For example, Melody Beattie has her own page, and so does the book Codependent No More. I think we have a similar situation with Marianne and Return to Love. -- Andrew Parodi 08:54, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
- The two can easily be covered in a single article, since Williamson appears to be notable solely for this book and its promotion. Just zis Guy you know? 21:19, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
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- You could slap a merge tag on it for further discussion when the AfD has run its course. Eusebeus 22:09, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
But I think that as this book is the main book of her career, it should stand on its own. This is the book that made her famous, and it remains the only truly notable book (or product) of her career. There are some books that stand on their own, I think. There are some books that are popular regardless of the author (A Return to Love falls in here), and then books that are dependent upon the author's reputation (I believe all her following books fall in here).
I think the simple fact that this book was basically an Oprah pick and stayed atop the best seller's list for so long makes it notable. -- Andrew Parodi 03:03, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
