Psychic: My Life in Two Worlds
At the age of seventy-three, New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Browne is ready to tell the whole story of her extraordinary life. In Psychic, we meet the woman behind the public figure: from the child receiving her first visits from the spirit world to the teenager doubting her own sanity; from the new mother living through staggering highs and lows to the burgeoning celebrity, and, ultimately, the successful, happily married woman she is today. Filled with never-before-told stories...
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At the age of seventy-three, New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Browne is ready to reveal the woman behind the public figure: from the teenager doubting her own sanity to the new mother living through staggering highs and lows; from the burgeoning celebrity to the successful, happily married woman she is today. Filled with never-before-told stories, Psychic is a riveting account of how Sylvia Shoemaker, a traditional girl from Missouri, became world-famous psychic Sylvia Browne.Nothing is off-limits. She tells the little-known truths behind her three failed marriages-including physical abuse, bankruptcy, and legal troubles-and the financial and emotional damage they wreaked. She revisits her personal demons and describes her physical challenges. While the press has freely, often bitterly, weighed in on Sylvia's most painful stories, she has remained quiet-until now. With candor, warmth, and humor, Sylvia Browne has written the singularly captivating tale of a life lived in two worlds, filled equally with harsh earthly realities and mesmerizing spiritual insights. Publishers Weekly Sylvia Celeste Shoemaker was born into what she describes as a 300-year psychic family legacy. Inheriting her gifts directly from her Grandmother Ada, her psychic abilities would lead to best selling books, including The Other Side and Back, numerous tapings of The Montel Williams Show and Larry King Live, and even a guest appearance on The Young and The Restless. With humor, candor, and clarity, Shoemaker, founder of the Novus Spiritus Gnostic Christian Church, shares everything from doppelgängers to past lives. Even non-believers may find her life surprisingly traditional; after ending an abusive first marriage, she grounded herself in family, the study of theology and psychology, teaching, and raising her two sons. Her zest and passion for life in this world and beyond is evident on every page and photos of Browne with her family and friends like actress Shirley MacLaine accentuate her rich, unusual journey. (June)
Preface ix1 Growing Up Psychic 12 The White Picket Fence 503 For Sale: One Used White Picket Fence 874 Ghost Stories 1255 A Band of Angels 1756 Spirits, Readings, and Audiotapes 1887 My Version of Health Care 2298 Broadening Horizons 2449 Another Beginning, Another Ending 27110 More Hellos, More Good-byes 28711 How Long Has This Been Going On? 322Afterword 343Acknowledgments 347
\ From Barnes & NobleMedia psychics come and go, but Sylvia Browne seems to go on forever. Now 73 and in her fourth decade of psychic readings, she has survived controversies, scandals, three failed marriages, legal troubles, and physical maladies, but this earnest Midwesterner just keeps on ticking. (And quite profitably, too: At one point, her $750 half-hour phone consultations had to be booked four years in advance.) In Psychic, Browne discusses not only her gifts and career, but also her abusive marriages, her financial problems, and her private moments when she's not a seer. (Hand-selling tip: This book is far more personal and revelatory than her 1998 Adventures of a Psychic.)\ \ \ \ \ \ Publishers WeeklySylvia Celeste Shoemaker was born into what she describes as a 300-year psychic family legacy. Inheriting her gifts directly from her Grandmother Ada, her psychic abilities would lead to best selling books, including The Other Side and Back, numerous tapings of The Montel Williams Show and Larry King Live, and even a guest appearance on The Young and The Restless. With humor, candor, and clarity, Shoemaker, founder of the Novus Spiritus Gnostic Christian Church, shares everything from doppelgängers to past lives. Even non-believers may find her life surprisingly traditional; after ending an abusive first marriage, she grounded herself in family, the study of theology and psychology, teaching, and raising her two sons. Her zest and passion for life in this world and beyond is evident on every page and photos of Browne with her family and friends like actress Shirley MacLaine accentuate her rich, unusual journey. (June)\ \
