CLEVER GIRL: A Dream of Enlightenment It was one thing for Siddhartha Gautama to achieve enlightenment in the 6th century BC, but was it possible for a modern American woman? When I searched the Internet, I found this: The way for a woman to become enlightened is to be reborn a male. There had to be a better way. Clever Girl is for any daughter who has felt the weight of other people's expectations, and any seeker of a path toward enlightenment. In this biographical tale of one woman's journey through life, Anabella sees how her life parallels other mythic journeys and what she decides to do...