en-US Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:19:13 -0800 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7054268231 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:19:13 -0800 /review/show/7054268231 Tavia gave 5 stars to Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes (Hardcover) by Sunita Sah
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The projects I need often come at the right moment, and the day after the election, I had the comfort of directing Dr. Sunita Sah in the narration of her forthcoming book
DEFY: THE POWER OF NO IN A WORLD THAT DEMANDS YES (@PRHAudio/Jan 2025).
Rather than remain adrift in a state of numb election day-after dread and mourning, I was fortunate to have meaningful and timely work to do.

Dr. Sah's beautifully-researched, -written, and -voiced book is perfectly timed to answer the perils of the present moment, and the question: What are we to do? Dr. Sah teaches us the transformative power of living in alignment with our values, honing our critical thinking, and holding ourselves accountable to the purpose of resistance even when everyone around us gives in. If we have the courage to defy lies, manipulation, and brutality, we move closer to the systemic change that will offer the opportunity, justice, equality, and safety that all people deserve. ]]> Review5920324663 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 19:45:42 -0700 /review/show/5920324663 Tavia gave 5 stars to Out of Esau (Hardcover) by Michelle Webster Hein
Michelle Webster Hein has written a new modern classic — a story of family tenderness and devotion balanced with an individual's s courage to love oneself well and ask for themself as much as they give to others. I read this novel months ago, and it continues to resonate in my subconscious today. Whole sections of the book I read sobbing, because it felt that even though the characters and circumstances were not specifically mine, there was so much that resonated intimately to me. I sympathized deeply with the characters' depth of yearning for meaning and connection; their willingness to sacrifice for love and for the hope that potential might someday be realized; and the painful but liberating lessons they ultimately learned about how much of themselves they could give away without disappearing. I love this book, these people, this town, these families. Hein's honesty, lyrical writing, understanding about the human heart make her a novelist to watch. I can't wait to read her next book, and the next, and the next. She's a magnificent new voice in American literature. I'm so happy I found her debut. ]]> Review5920324780 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 19:45:23 -0700 /review/show/5920324780 Tavia gave 5 stars to Out of Esau (Paperback) by Michelle Webster-Hein
]]> Review5920324663 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 19:45:19 -0700 /review/show/5920324663 Tavia gave 5 stars to Out of Esau (Hardcover) by Michelle Webster Hein
Michelle Webster Hein has written a new modern classic — a story of family tenderness and devotion balanced with an individual's s courage to love oneself well and ask for themself as much as they give to others. I read this novel months ago, and it continues to resonate in my subconscious today. Whole sections of the book I read sobbing, because it felt that even though the characters and circumstances were not specifically mine, there was so much that resonated intimately to me. I sympathized deeply with the characters' depth of yearning for meaning and connection; their willingness to sacrifice for love and for the hope that potential might someday be realized; and the painful but liberating lessons they ultimately learned about how much of themselves they could give away without disappearing. I love this book, these people, this town, these families. Hein's honesty, lyrical writing, understanding about the human heart make her a novelist to watch. I can't wait to read her next book, and the next, and the next. She's a magnificent new voice in American literature. I'm so happy I found her debut. ]]>