Talk:Eda LeShan

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Some possible references[edit]

I haven't got the time to do any writing on this at the moment, but here are some possible online references that could be used to fill out this article:

Eda LeShan's obituary in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/nyregion/eda-leshan-dies-at-79-wrote-about-life-s-journey.html

Eda LeShan's obituary in Newsday: http://www.newsday.com/news/obituaries-eda-leshan-79-author-on-parenting-1.356445

Sourced quotations from Eda LeShan: http://www.poemhunter.com/quotations/famous.asp?people=Eda%20Le%20Shan

Bibliography of LeShan's books: http://www.ranker.com/list/eda-j-leshan-books-and-stories-and-written-works/reference

Three paragraphs (the first three paragraphs of the blog post) of an essay by Eda LeShan entitled "Divine Discontent": http://www.gerrysworld.com/?p=61

Another blog post mentioning this same "lobster story": http://www.timegoesby.net/weblog/2006/03/how_aging_chang.html

And one more account of the "lobster story": http://dsgnmomonline.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/do-you-need-a-larger-shell-what-lobsters-know-that-we-dont/

Brief review of It's Better to Be Over the Hill Than Under It: http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/books.php?id=9797

Brief review of Grandparenting in a Changing World: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-55704-175-3

Brief review of What Makes You So Special: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8037-1155-6

Source information regarding a published interview with Eda LeShan entitled "Someone Thinks I'M Beautiful. A Conversation With Eda LeShan" that appeared in the Journal of Current Social Issues: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ152544&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ152544

LBourne (talk) 22:21, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]