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This One Wild and Precious Life
This One Wild and Precious Life: Our Path Forward in a Fractured World | Sarah Wilson
The New York Times bestselling author of First, We Make the Beast Beautiful tackles the loneliness epidemic, encouraging readers to view solitude through a spiritual lens, and embrace the art of being alone. This is not just a book for single people, introverts, or the self-proclaimed lone wolf. You can be in a crowded room, or at a dinner table with your spouse and children, and still feel powerfully lonely and disengaged. Forty-six percent of Americans sometimes or always feel lonely, and loneliness is a public health hazard that rivals alcoholism, smoking, and obesity. Meanwhile, as our cultural sense of disconnection grows, our endless drive for "more" - more social media, more technology, overconsumption, workaholism - grows too. But what if we were to shut off our devices and simply sit with ourselves in what Wilson calls "radical aloneness?" Could this be the antidote to the profound sense of disconnection that we feel? In the voice-driven style that built a community around her last book, Wilson embarks on a personal and spiritual journey that is destined to become a movement.
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Chelsea.Poole
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#12Booksof2021 for April. Some books just change a person and this is just such a book for me. 🌎 ♻️ 🐝 🌸

Andrew65 Fantastic! 3y
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Chelsea.Poole
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Quite simply: life-changing 🌎
I know not everyone will react in the same way to the messages within this book, which focuses mostly on climate change. Such a heavy topic that‘s been weighing heavy on my heart. I am working on less consumption and have already used many of the practices she mentions. I‘d like to begin a climate activism journey. I admire the author‘s dedication but some methods are too over the top for my life.

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Twocougs
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Such a profound book. Often not easy to hear (yes, we all have guilt about where “we” are) but so much hope for what we can do for the planet and each other. Bravo Sarah!🌏

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[Every Monday I go to our local shelter to take a picture of an adoptable cat for our bookstore‘s social media—this is Edward!] Like First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, This One Wild and Precious Life is like a whole-hearted, big-spirited, deep-into-the-night conversation with a good friend. And like any rich conversation, you‘re bound to find disagreements or blind spots, but the process is life-affirming, imagination-wilding, heart-enlarging.

AmyG I love this. 💕 4y
Soubhiville Aw, Edward! He‘s very handsome. I hope he finds his fur-ever home soon. 💕 4y
underground_bks @Soubhiville me too! He was a shy little guy but obviously such a love! 4y
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Chelsea.Poole I love that you take pictures of cats who need homes ♥️😻. I‘m reading this now. So good! 💕 4y
underground_bks @Chelsea.Poole it‘s the highlight of my week! So glad you‘re enjoying This One Wild and Precious Life! You might also enjoy 4y
Chelsea.Poole Thanks for the recommendation 😊 4y
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Chelsea.Poole
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A sunny afternoon reading in the bedroom 🌞 📖 🪴

Buechersuechtling Nice picture. I like it‘s atmosphere and the light it. Plus: Do I see right: You‘re having window shutters❓ I love shutters. 😍 4y
Powered_By_Plants Beautiful cover! Sarah Wilson‘s ‘first we make the beast beautiful‘ is on my pile to read this month . Hope you enjoy this one 🥰 4y
Dan_1988 @Chelsea.Poole hi Chelsea. Would you be interested in reading a digital advance reader copy of my new book, The Boy in the Well, in exchange for an Amazon review? Please let me know if you‘re interested. Dan 4y
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Chelsea.Poole
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A little splurge-y work lunch (my coworker ordered me a mini pizza because they were all getting one🍕☺️) with a new, pretty book!

Patchshank Yay! A fellow pineapple on pizza enthusiast! 🍍♥️ 4y
umbrellagirl @Patchshank yes to this ^^ 4y
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