2009 BRONZE MEDAL, Independent Publisher Book Awards, Self-Help
2010 SILVER MEDAL, Young Voices Foundation Book Awards, Inspirational/Spiritual
“THANKS FOR WRITING THIS BOOK. It is a gem and a treasure!”–Robert Johnson, PhD, Analytical psychologist & author of Owning Your Own Shadow.
“HATS OFF TO YOU for doing a wonderful job of making a distasteful subject so entertaining.” —Katherine M. Sanford, MA, Analytical psychologist & artist.
“THIS IS A POWERFUL LITTLE BOOK—a gem whose facets gleam with insights into our shared American identity. It is also an alarming little book. Plumb strips away our delusions of God-given moral superiority to expose contemporary American life. Why read it? Because somehow it also manages to be delightful. And because the true potential of the USA—as well as the true potential of individual freedom—can only evolve if we dare to look into such mirrors.” –Robert Tompkins, PhD, MFT, Professor Emeritus Philosophy, Marriage and Family Counselor.
“WHILE SKILLFULLY RETELLING A FAMILIAR TALE, Kay quickly leads us into depths which invite introspection regarding the “beast” within each of us, and the “beast” within our culture. Those aspects of ourselves which we would deny or project onto others invariably show up in ourselves anyway, slipping through the cracks of our denial, repression and psychological sloth. This book obliges the reader to look at ordinary life through a sharpened lens, and see that, beneath the surface of daily events, deeper and darker energies are spilling into our lives.” –James Hollis, PhD, Analytical psychologist & author of Why Good People Do Bad Things.
“THERE IS A DARKNESS IN ALL OF US, and how we deal with it is what determines our future, on a personal as well as a societal level. Shadow in the USA is a discussion of human nature and philosophy, as Kay Plumb argues that humanity’s power to hurt itself has run amuck. With honesty and knowledge, Shadow in the USA presents plenty to ponder and makes for a very much recommended reading.”–James A. Cox, Small Press Bookwatch, MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, Reviewer’s Choice
“I LIKE YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE SHADOW.” –Robert Bly, Award winning poet, troublemaker, author of A Little Book on the Human Shadow
“I WISH I’D WRITTEN THIS BOOK.” —John Perkins, author of Confessions of An Economic Hit Man
