Edwin H. Friedman has woven 24 illustrative tales that offer fresh perspectives on familiar human foibles and reflect the author's humor, pathos, and understanding. Friedman takes on resistance and other "demons" to show that neither insight, nor encouragement, nor intimidation can in themselves motivate an unmotivated person to change. "I used a fable for my sermon, and you could have heard a pin drop by the end....I find the book thoroughly delightful and powerful.''--The Rev. Henry C. Galganowicz, Rector, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Weston, Connecticut-_x000D_The book had an unexpected effect. I found myself more creative in the therapy sessions that followed, almost as if I had been granted some internal form of permission to co-create a story alongside the stuck stories of so many of my clients.... The stories...had, in effect, stimulated my own story-telling ability.--AFTA Newsletter, 9/30/1990