Diana, Herself

By

Ewa Fabian

30/10/2025

audiobooks, Non-fiction

Author: Martha Beck –

Publisher: Cynosure Publishing –

Genre: Allegory, Personal Development –

Overall rating: 5/5 –

Writing, content: 5/5 –

Duration: 10:13 h (medium) –

Narrator: Martha Beck –

Narrator/performance: 5/5 –

Impressions: 4/5 –

Performance errors: 0/5 –

Complexity/reading level: 5/5 –

Audience: Women

Commentary/review

“Diana, Herself : an Allegory of Awakening” by Martha Beck is an unusual book. The closest similar work I know is the famous “Women Who Run with the Wolves” by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. I suspect that both books may be used in all kinds of supervised mental therapy, and, of course, in self-help or personal development efforts.

“Diana, Herself” is satisfyingly coherent, organised and clever. I had tremendous fun listening to it. It is funny where other books tend to be too serious, serious where other books tend to skim through a problem, bright and hopeful where other books run short and stop. The book is a recipe for a remarkable, wholesome weekend or holiday reading. I hope there are more such books to come in the Bewilderment Chronicles series.

I loved the narration style, both relaxed and energetic.

Diana, Herself : an allegory of awakening by Martha Beck audiobook cover

A good idea for a cover, the title and not much else, only a suggestion of a picture in the background.

Cover Photo by Lee Jeffs on Unsplash

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