Three books about origin, direction, truth and the enduring principles beneath a life.
The Woman from Frog Creek: Antidotes from a Life They Couldn’t Control is a quiet, powerful memoir of origin, sovereignty, and lived refusal. Through a series of short reflections, Lisa J. Scott traces a life shaped by the decision not to rush, comply blindly, or surrender intuition and identity. Moving through childhood, motherhood, work, silence, and self-trust, each antidote stands alone while contributing to a deeper story of becoming. Philosophical, intimate, and narratively honest, this is a meditation on how a person builds a self-directed life from the inside out.
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La mujer de Frog Creek: Antídotos de una vida que no pudieron controlar es un relato autobiográfico sereno y poderoso sobre los orígenes, la soberanía personal y la negativa a ceder como forma de vida. A través de una serie de breves reflexiones, Lisa J. Scott recorre una vida marcada por la decisión de no apresurarse, obedecer ciegamente ni renunciar a su intuición y su identidad. Entre la infancia, la maternidad, el trabajo, el silencio y la confianza en sí misma, cada antídoto tiene sentido por sí solo y, a la vez, forma parte de una historia más profunda de construcción personal. Filosófica, íntima y honesta, esta obra invita a reflexionar sobre cómo una persona construye, desde su interior, una vida guiada por sus propias decisiones.
Following the Compass: China and the Education of a Self draws from the journals Lisa J. Scott kept while living in China in 1991–1992. Far from the familiar structures of home, a young woman encounters a different language, culture, and way of seeing—and begins to discover her own direction. More than a travel memoir, the book is a record of movement, observation, disorientation, and becoming. It explores what happens when certainty falls away and a person learns to follow an inner compass before there is proof of where it will lead.
The Fixed Point: Sovereignty and the Fixed Self is a modern meditation on stillness, identity, and what remains when motion stops. Through brief reflections and a symbolic visual system, Lisa J. Scott explores what stays steady when relationships, power, language, time, and circumstances continue to change. The fixed point is not rigidity; it is the stable inner reference that makes intelligent change possible. Quiet, precise, and contemplative, the book offers readers a deeper understanding of orientation, clarity, and the part of the self that remains intact.