STRANDS, a novel 
by S. Elise Peeples
is now available.
(Eshu House Publishing; On Sale January, 2010; Softcover; $15.00)
From S. Elise Peeples, author of The Emperor Has a Body, comes the unforgettable story of a seventy-year-old minister’s wife whose life is forever changed by attending a weaving workshop in Ireland where the stories of her mother and grandmother come to her on the wind and the rain.
UPCOMING EVENT: Elise will read with her husband Poet, Adam David Miller on June 19th at 3:00 pm at the Berkeley Main Public Library on Kittridge between Milvia and Shattuck.
--Purchase Strands on-line
--Order a signed copy of Strands (and/or to order both Strands andThe Emperor at a special price )
Elise reading Strands at the Book Release Party on March 20, 2010 at the Home of Truth in Alameda. Sixty people were in attendance at this exciting event that honored all of our ancestors.
Crowd at Home of Truth 3-20-10
Listen to an archive of Kris Welch's show on KPFA (94.1 FM) from Thursday, May 6th at 12:30 pm to hear an interview with Elise Peeples about her new book.
On May 7th, there was a reading and blessing for mothers and grandmothers who have passed away and a recognitions of mothers who are still with us at Laurel Book Store at 4100 MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland
Read about how this book came into being
Anyone who thinks she is washed up at 50, 60, 70... can take inspiration from Emma who at age 70 takes a journey to rediscover lost strands of her identity.
Emma shows us how to live an imaginative life, opening portals to a magical existence and giving us a primer on how to take one step at a time on one’s path.
Take a journey with Emma as she negotiates blurred boundaries between life and death, nature and humans, real and imaginary, normal and crazy, inner and outer.
“Am I the Dealer or the Dealt?” wonders 70-year-old Emma, as she recalls herself at age six when she was taken from her biological mother and adopted by strangers. Because Emma’s life has been a series of compromises for the sake of emotional security, she has no idea who she is or how to answer such questions. A chance invitation to a Peace Weaver’s workshop in Ireland enables her to uncover and bring together long-lost strands of her identity.
This is a multi-layered story of four generations of women, their conflicts, secrets and healing. While it is a story of particular women, it is also the story of Women in patriarchal society and the absolute necessity of women’s wisdom to weaving a peaceful world. If we can answer the questions women ask, we will revolutionize the world.
Read the Strands Epilogue.
See Press packet
Elise Peeples, a philosopher, authored The Emperor Has a Body: Body Politics in the Between (Javelina Books: Tucson, AZ, 1998) and co-authored The Spiral: A Workbook (Minding the Body, Inc. Berkeley, CA, 2000).
She is the founder of Sound Rivers where she plays and teaches didgeridoo for healing purposes and is Executive Director of Art Between Us, Inc. which specializes in collaborative art.
She is currently enrolled in the California Institute for Integral Studies (CIIS) Sound, Voice, Music Healing certificate program.
In 1988 she married Adam David Miller, a teacher and distinguished author of Ticket to Exile, a memoir (heydaybooks.com) and four books of poetry. Discover his poetry on his website.