A Perfect Offering - by Harold Heft & Peter O'Brien & Suzanne Heft (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"We live in a traumatic age. Or perhaps, we should say that trauma appears fundamental to human existence. Over the past few years, especially, we have become more at ease talking about the traumas that impact, affect, and transform us.There is a large and growing literature on trauma all of which demand from readers a measure of emotional and psychological strength. A Perfect Offering brings to readers a variety of deeply personal narratives about traumatic and transformational events.The stories and images collected here include accounts of childhood and adult cancer, surviving terrorist attack, living with the legacy of Residential schools, losing a parent in a plane crash, coping with severe PTSD, living as a blind person in a world built for the sighted, facing the immanent death of a child, finding your way as a trans woman, recording images of war and its victims, surviving sexual assault, and others."--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><em>A Perfect Offering</em> illuminates the dark recesses of trauma--the sudden loss of a child, surviving sexual assault, the legacy of residential schools, enduring war and imprisonment, living with chronic illness--and shines with the imperfect grace and resilience of the human heart. Some of the 31 stories will shock and disorient. Others will inspire and comfort. All are illustrative and compelling. The contributors include Jennifer Finney Boylan, trans activist and a regular contributor to <em>The New York Times</em>; Captain Trevor Greene, who was attacked by an axe-wielding teenager near Kandahar; author of <em>Prisoner of Tehran</em>, Marina Nemat; Jules Arita Koostachin, band member of Attawapiskat First Nation; and Paul Watson, awarded Pulitzer Prize for <em>Spot News Photography</em>. For others, this will be their first publication.<br /> <br /> "This emotionally honest book is simultaneously brutal, beautiful and deeply inspiring." --Jennifer Meeropol, granddaughter of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg <br /> "This book will break your heart right open." --Mike Downie, Co-Founder of The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund<br /> "These shared stories resonate with deep feeling, wisdom and courage." --Award-wining novelist Camilla Gibb<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Harold Heft </b>was the author of<i> The Shape of This Dying</i> (Mosaic) and <i>Build a Better Book Club</i> (Macmillan Canada). At age 51, after a sudden diagnosis of an inoperable brain tumour, Harold died on 23 July 2015.<b> Suzanne Heft </b>grew up in the US, the Middle East, and Europe, riveted by stories of transformation. She is a non-profit fundraising executive, mother of two, and wife of Harold Heft.<b> Peter O'Brien'</b>s books include <i>Introduction to Literature: British, American, Canadian</i> (Harper & Row) and <i>Cleopatra at the Breakfast Table </i>(Quattro). He also publishes and exhibits artwork internationally.
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