Book Reviews

roadSIGNS 2-Travel Tips to Higher Ground

By Betty Healey
$20.95
paper 202 pp. Creative Bound Press 1-894439-27-9

All self-help books are not created equal - some expect heroics from ordinary people just trying to get through their day. Healey's life guide has a gentle, nurturing tone and what she wants is for her readers to pay attention - to life's journey, that is, and to the signs along the way. She is not impressed with busy-ness for its own sake: where other self-help books suggest using commuting time to listen to improving books-on-tape, she suggests (wait for it!) - silence. Healey also recommends taking a media cleanse once in a while, not starting one's day with news, but instead with music. Instead of reading the whole newspaper, just read columns such as The Globe & Mail's "Lives Lived." Healey has a lot to say and when she imparts her views, it's like listening to a good friend who has your best interests at heart.

Reviewed by Margaret Goldik, mRb

Awards

15th Annual Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards

roadSIGNS 2-Travel Tips to Higher Ground
By Betty Healey

roadSIGNS 2-Travel Tips to Higher Ground was chosen as an Honorable Mention in the inspirational category of the 15th Annual Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards.

Judge’s Commentary:

roadSIGNS 2 was the most complete package as far as production and content – a very professionally designed and well-executed book. The author seamlessly weaves in multiple effective references to support her position, as well as using diverse experiences from a variety of people to support her examples. The book is extremely user friendly; the diagrams and workshop/workbook elements of the pieces were consistently distributed throughout its entirety.  The cover design has an illustration executed in whimsical style, which is consistent with the clear, authorative yet playful voice of the author.

14th Annual National Mature Media Awards

14th Annual National Mature Media Awards – Silver Award, presented to Betty Healey for her story Remember When, published in Fifty-Five Plus Magazine, Fall 2005.