HANDBOOK FOR THE HEART

These are 10-minute excerpts from essays on the faces and rewards of love by 17 notable New Age/Buddhist/mind-body practitioners, like Deepak Chopra, Jack Kornfield, Marianne Williamson and Joan Borysenko. Although the segments don't do justice to the essays, they can serve as perfect openers for meditation and journal writing. Eikenberry and Tucker complement each other as she reads the segments by women, he the ones by men. Both read well, but it's Tucker who seems to bring more conviction and verve to the program. Pleasant acoustic music marks the transition from one reading to the next. P.B.J. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: MAR/APR 98]