Journey of a Princess

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Journey of a Princess (2007) is a book written by Australian model and author Carolyn Donovan and published by Ark House Press. The book, released on September 1st 2007, is a journey into the lives of Australian women, Carolyn Donovan calls her hero’s. “Whoever said ‘nobody is perfect’ hasn’t met these girls.” Donovan says, “Each and every one perfect for their very task.” With each chapter of Journey of a Princess featuring the lives of various women who exemplify the meaning of success, the author discovers: ‘the women who powerfully affect the world around them do so because they are being themselves. Women whose status; whose past; whose bust, waist and hip measurements; whose lack of resources, or lack of anything, didn’t define what they could do. Women whose journeys prove that which was lamented by the wisest, richest king in history King Solomon in Ecclesiastes, ‘the race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.’

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The book is intended for women whose day to day heroes are often based on their Hollywood status, their dress size, their lip size, or the brand of handbag they carry. Each chapter contains an Australian woman’s personal journey and a quote. Carolyn Donovan described her book as an "an inspiration for women to map out their own journey, starting with what they have been given." The first sentence of the book reads, "A permanent haze over the city gives an almost magical appearance to the sprawling scope of tall government buildings," and the remainder of the book goes on to uncover quests for personal fulfillment. The book's 27 chapters feature some of the following titles:

  • Princess in the Pages of a Magazine
  • For an Extreme Purpose
  • A Mother of a Job
  • ‘Jesus’ the Musical!
  • A Super Model
  • The Chocolate Doctor
  • A Long Way From Tipperary
  • Glory and Beans
  • A Chaplaincy Phenomena
  • Madame Butterfly
  • The Performing World’s Perennial Princess
  • I’m Just a Girl.

Featuring Olympic swimmer Jessicah Schipper; performers Marina Prior, Merelyn Carter and Darlene Zschech; surfer Tara Ryan; and the art world’s Christine Hart.

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