The Mien Shiang Institute
Patrician McCarthy
, founder

Softcover, published by Plume/Penguin
Wouldn’t you like to know if the person you were about to hire was a natural leader? What if you could measure a person’s passion for life by their eyebrows? Did you know you could find out if someone has issues with fidelity by the markings around their eyes? Mien Shiang, a 3,000-year-old Taoist practice, gives you answers to all of these questions — and more.
Filled with revealing anecdotes and hundreds of photographs, The Face Reader is the definitive manual for this effective and time-tested art form. It is a fascinating look at how Chinese Face Reading can be applied to our relationships, the workplace, and all aspects of our lives.

Hardcover, published by Dutton/Viking Penguin
“Patrician McCarthy has helped us through some of the most significant transitions we’ve had to face in many years. I am indebted to her for her insight and expertise.”
“The Face Reader is a rare and exquisite book that is at one time deeply informative and artistically inspired. It is a guide to our deeper selves, and encourages much needed compassion for the remarkable range of individual human differences.”
The Face Reader by Patrician McCarthy is available at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and in bookstores nationwide.