Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

Synopsis

&“Required reading for the untamed soul . . . reminded me how to love others and myself.&”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of UntamedA transformative collection of intimate and lyrical love letters that offer a path toward compassion, forgiveness, and self-acceptance.What happens when we imagine loving the people—and the parts of ourselves—that we do not believe are worthy of love? Kai Cheng Thom grew up a Chinese Canadian transgender girl in a hostile world. As an activist, counselor, conflict mediator, and spiritual healer, she's always pursued the same deeply personal mission: to embrace the revolutionary belief that every human being, no matter how hateful or horrible, is intrinsically sacred.But then Kai Cheng found herself in a crisis of faith, overwhelmed by the violence with which people treated one another, and barely clinging to the values and dreams she'd built her life around: justice, hope, love, and healing. Rather than succumb to despair and cynicism, she gathered all her rage and grief and took one last leap of faith: she wrote. She wrote letters that were prayers, or maybe poems, or perhaps magic spells. She wrote to the outcasts and runaways she calls her kin. She wrote to flawed but nonetheless lovable men, to people with good intentions who harm their own, to racists and transphobes seemingly beyond saving. What emerged was a blueprint for falling back in love with being human.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780735245945

Related ISBNs:

9780735245938

Publisher:

Penguin Canada

Date of Addition:

01/18/24

Copyrighted By:

Penguin Random House

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Poetry, Self-Help, Health, Mind and Body, Literature and Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender

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Bookshare Staff

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