It's All About Shoes

Unique stories about shoes and their memories as diverse as the women who write them. -- Jane Weitzman from Stuart Weitzman Shoes If theres a woman whos not fixated on shoes chances are she has no feet or lives on a hot desert island where footwear is superfluous. As we go through life the fixation may mutate from the annual delight with a new pair of dress-up Mary Janes to height-and-leg enhancing heels and boots to anything that feels good on aging feet. But attention to what goes on our feet often has significance beyond the beautiful and practical. This book promises to depict the full gamut of shoe-ness in an entertaining and illuminating fashion. -- Jane Brody Science Writer for New York Times Savvy smart sophistication style. Shoes are the source of power that drive a womans performance and Its All About Shoes captivates the passion behind all of this! Its a real winner! -- Eric Mudick from Erics Shoes I remember in college that someone had a poster with a variation on Eleanor Roosevelts famous slogan Great minds talk about ideas average minds talk about events small minds talk about people miniscule minds talk about shoes. This attitude is belied in Its All About Shoes which proves that great minds talk about shoes and that shoes themselves can stand for ideas events and people. In the essays poems and reflections in this collection shoes mean many things; they are as the books divisions show icons of the past present and future; they are memories and hopes desires and fears images of ourselves and others symbols of moments in life and time. They lure readers into their closets to imagine what their own shoes might say though I doubt many readers can express these meanings as eloquently and evocatively as the authors in this book. For everyone who thinks about what she puts on her feet its a must read. -- Angela Jane Weisl Professor Seton Hall University