This I Believe: On Love - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0470872683 ISBN 13: 9780470872680

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2010

Riassunto

Based on the weekly public radio feature This I Believe, this collection of essays from “ordinary” people from diverse backgrounds of all ages, shapes and sizes paints a portrait of the concept of love in all its complexity and power.

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Recensione:

In these 60 short essays, men and women of all ages and backgrounds write about love: of a teacher, house, step family, the poor or needy, mountains, and even growing old. While "Love on Aisle Three" is about a small group that gathers round an adorable baby in a cart, several essays explore love not of a person or thing, but an activity like cooking or knitting. In "God Is In Her Hand," John Samuel Tieman writes, "Love is in the hand that crafts, sculpts, sews, caresses, soothes." The most moving pieces examine love tied to a difficult situation. In "The Courage to Let Go," Gale Workman′s father, after taking care of her mother for months, finally allows himself to say goodbye. Originally started on Edward R. Murrow′s 1950s radio show, this effort to get ordinary citizens to discuss their core values has produced essays that vary greatly in quality and suffer in this form from the absence of a human voice. Still, this anthology beautifully captures our need, and the sacrifices we make, for love. (Dec.) ( Publishers Weekly, November 8, 2010)

L'autore:

Dan Gediman is executive director of This I Believe, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that engages people in writing and sharing essays describing the core values that guide their daily lives. These short statements of belief have been featured on public radio since 2005. Gediman is the coeditor of the New York Times bestseller This I Believe and This I Believe II.

John Gregory is editorial director and Mary Jo Gediman is outreach director of This I Believe, Inc.

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• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470872683
• ISBN 13: 9780470872680
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 191
• Redattore: Gediman Dan