An Unlikely Story of Finding Freedom
by Henri J. M. Nouwen; Carolyn Whitney-Brown
Pub Date 08 Mar 2022 |
HarperOne
Biographies & Memoirs | Christian | Nonfiction (Adult)
I am reviewing a copy of Flying, Falling, Catching through HarperOne and Netgalley:
During the last five years of his best-selling author Henri J. M. Nouwen became close to The Flying Rodleighs, a trapeze troupe in a traveling circus. Like Nouwen’s own life a trapeze act is full of artistry, exhilarating successes, crushing failures and continual forgiveness. He wrote about his experience in a genre new to him: creative non-fiction.
In Flying, Falling, Catching Nouwen’s friend Carolyn Whitney-Brown presents Nouwen’s unpublished writings, framed from , the true story of his rescue through a hotel window by paramedics during his first heart attack. In this book readers will learn that Nouwen’s was a spiritual risk taker who was transformed through his engagement with these trapeze artists, as well as his participation in the Civil Rights movement, his life in community with people with intellectual disabilities, his personal growth through friendships during the 1990s AIDS pandemic, and other unexpected encounters.
If you’re looking for a unique book at some of the previously unknown sides of Henri Nouwen let me recommend Flying, Falling, Catching, to be released in March.2022.
I give Flying, Falling, Catching five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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