Reckless: The Outrageous Lives of Nine Kick-Ass Women

Definitely a very exciting book. These nine women and the author herself show that recklessness is not something weird, but a vital energy. It's a strong, corageous, creative relationship with the world and the life. It's something essential, not exotic. This book reveals that in order to be reckless we don't need to go beyond human, but simply beyond a miserable idea of human.

I was recently asked to choose what was important to me. Love is important. So are friends. And compassion. Gloria loves the women in her portraits and they are her friends. And she has great compassion for them. All three are clear in the writing in "Reckless." As is Gloria's passion for her subject. I bought a second copy and gave it to my daughter as I was reading mine. She will soon be eighteen and my hope is that she will choose a path in life that she can pursue with the passion demonstrated by the women in Gloria's profiles.

finally a book again that writes about women that can be models for a society that is conditoned by instant gratification . all the examples show us that these woman are trained to delay gratification and to tolerate frustrations. i hope we will get more stories in the future.

I started reading "Reckless" one evening just to "get a feel" for the book. I couldn't put it down and finally had to turn out the light at 1:30am. I love the format and Author Gloria Mattioni makes it very personal, so one feels that you know her story as well. It's very empowering to be able to learn the stories of Fabulous Women. I found the book to be interesting, informative, inspirational, intellectual and personal. And what a charming photo of the author! OH, I hope you are working on Volumn II; we women can't have too many powerful role models!

I used to climb trees, ride horses and skydive. I had a car accident that left me bed-ridden for a year. I am now slowly rehabilitating my muscles through physiotherapy but I still need to be on a wheelchair for most of my time. The worst thing that happened to me, though, was not my broken spine. I was letting myself falling into depression and self-pity. My mom gave me this book only one week ago. I read it in one night. I realized that was exactly the fuel I needed to start my engine again. I am a driven young woman, and deep inside I know I can do anything I focus my energy on. If there is a will, there is a way. That is what I got from each one of the stories about these inspiring nine women. They gave me strength, courage and hope again. They gave me the kick in the ass I needed to heal faster and go back to everything I love. Thank you mom, and thanks to the author for writing such a great book!