Written as a letter from the author to his son examining and confronting America's, as well as his own, history with race. Probably the first book to ever make me cry
I’ve read this book before but it is on a course syllabus for me this semester and I’ve already reread it twice- this book is devastating, raw, theologically rich, and has fundamentally changed the way I think about grief. Nicholas Wolterstorff captures something so intimate that reading this feels like an intrusion but in a way that always makes me feel simultaneously more human and more connected to the Divine.
i’m so glad that my mom gave me this book a few months ago and pointedly told me that i needed to read it. it’s taken me ages to get through because of how often it makes me cry, but chanel miller is an amazing writer and the way she conveys feelings i’ve never found words for will probably stick with me for years
A master at writing genre fiction as literary fiction. Multiple narratives, stellar characters, a time-hopping, pre- and post-apocalyptic plot, and a killer miniseries adaptation to watch once you’re finished
I only saw her perform twice, but I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone else live more than once (though I obviously would like to see a lot of them live again). At least I can say one of the times I saw her was her very first US performance 🥹💔
