by Jeanne B. Kes (Author)
The Glass Overflowing chronicles one woman's extraordinary journey from a sunny childhood in Queens to finding love in the Australian rainforest at age fifty-two. When Jeanne's mother dies of cancer, nine-year-old Jeanne begins a lifelong search for Eden-that perfect place where she can feel safe, loved, and at home.
Her quest takes her from Israeli kibbutzim to Boston academia, from Manhattan nonprofit boardrooms to the remote Aboriginal communities of Australia's Central Desert. Through two marriages, career successes and devastating setbacks, international moves, bouts of depressions, and even a late-in-life battle with cancer, Jeanne maintains an unshakeable optimism."
Whether she's teaching yoga to elderly residents, learning Spanish in a Mexican village, or starting over again in New Mexico's high desert, Jeanne proves that reinvention has no expiration date. Her memoir weaves together themes of Jewish identity, female resilience, international adventure, and the courage to keep saying yes to life's surprises.
This is ultimately a story about discovering that paradise isn't a destination-it's a way of seeing.