Released on August 26, 2004 - Women's Equality Day The Hungry Heart, A Woman's Fast for Justice By Zoe Ann Nicholson "As a teacher of U.S. Women's History, if I had to choose one book about the struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment, The Hungry Heart would be that book. In fact, if I had to choose one book which captures the spirit of the women's movement of the late 1970's and 1980's, this would be it. Nicholson's account of the Women's Fast for Justice is the most compelling and profoundly accurate I have ever read about the transformative power of non violent action for social justice and the spiritual journey of one who travels that path"      Mary Lee Sargent      Professor Emerita, Parkland College and co-founder      of the Grass Roots Group of Second Class Citizens. From The Hungry Heart -- Tonight, upon reflection, it feels as if I have stepped into the world I want to live in. This is the matriarchy as I have idealized it. It is an intimate, unguarded circle of women who are clear about defining their own relationships and find no threat in being present, available, physical and generous. Single women would be safe. Coupled women would be safe. Children would be safe. In fact, men would be safe. Whatever configuration of relationship a person may choose, it would be regarded, respected and unquestioned. This is not the Michigan Women's Music Festival. This is not NOW. This is not a vacation or clubs or bars. This is my literary, spiritual and unspoken ideal. This is not what I am fasting for. I am fasting for equality of rights under the law in the U.S. I am fasting to legislate treating adults without regard to gender. I am fasting to criminalize discrimination. But my heart wants so much more. I want a life built on trusting, intimate and integrated relationships. I want humans to meet without judgment, to join without conditions, to not require safeguards. I want danger and oppression relegated to fiction. I want limitless welcome, boundless potential and open communication. I want food for the body and the mind and soul to be equally important. Read an excerpt About the Author The Hungry Heart ISBN: 0-9723928-3-1 Format: Trade Paper Pages: 208 Photos: 50 Price: $21.95 Quantity: Signed copies Price: $21.95 Quantity:   Signature(s) for: It was a quiet moment. It was a fantastic moment. It was heart. It was my heart joining with every woman's heart. Even women who are afraid of being equal, even women who are afraid of self-reliance, all women. Women in overalls. Women in aprons. Women in the Olympics. Women in the fields. Our singing swirled around this round proud ceiling and filled the heart of the Mother Goddess Spirit. After 25 years, Zoe has decided to share her private diary about summer 1982 when she joined 6 women in a solemn fast for the ERA. Fasting on water only for 37 days she tells us what she sees, how she feels, what went on. Meetings with NOW leadership, Illinois Legislators, groups both pro & anti, she lets us all inside. Her voice is so intimate, it feels like she is whispering. It is private and delicate. It is brave and broken. It is memorable and poetic.

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