{"product_id":"forgiveness-9781398513631","title":"Forgiveness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUsing real-life stories, \u003ci\u003eForgiveness\u003c\/i\u003e explores the messy, complex and gripping subject of forgiveness. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Cantacuzino's gift for empathy shines through her conversations... She tackles her complex [message] with clear prose and an open heart... This nuance feels like a cool breeze in a heatwave. If there is a message here, it's to listen more, think more and preach less'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This is an \u003cb\u003eutterly memorable\u003c\/b\u003e book –\u003cb\u003e beautifully written, fascinating in its insights, and extraordinarily moving\u003c\/b\u003e. We all need to forgive, and this book, through its recounting of the stories of people who have something really significant to forgive, will be an inspiration to help us reach a state of forgiveness. \u003cb\u003eThis is a book that will stay with the reader for a very long time\u003c\/b\u003e’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander McCall Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eI forgive you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘There have been few more appropriate and vital moments for this \u003cb\u003efascinating \u003c\/b\u003ebook to emerge than now as we bear witness to so many acts requiring forgiveness – the complexity of the practice of forgiveness, its meanings, its measure as a force for change are all here – and most of all, i\u003cb\u003ets power to prevent the repetition of the worst in our human behaviour and the possibility of finding freedom from hatred\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Emma Thompson\u003cbr\u003e'Cantacuzino's gift for empathy shines... A clear message, she suggests, is not possible without dangerous oversimplification. She tackles her complex one with \u003cb\u003eclear prose and an open heart\u003c\/b\u003e... This nuance feels like a cool breeze in a heatwave. If there is a message here,\u003cb\u003e it's to listen more, think more and preach less\u003c\/b\u003e' * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eTender, valuable, and often beautiful, Forgiveness shows how we can get tangled up in hate, and how we might cut ourselves free.\u003cbr\u003e   -- Gavin Francis\u003cbr\u003e‘This is an \u003cb\u003eutterly memorable\u003c\/b\u003e book – \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written, fascinating in its insights, and extraordinarily moving\u003c\/b\u003e. We all need to forgive, and this book, through its recounting of the stories of people who have something really significant to forgive, will be an inspiration to help us reach a state of forgiveness. \u003cb\u003eThis is a book that will stay with the reader for a very long time’\u003c\/b\u003e -- Alexander McCall Smith\u003cbr\u003e‘A \u003cb\u003ewise and generous\u003c\/b\u003e investigation of one of life’s most difficult but \u003cb\u003enecessary \u003c\/b\u003eexperiences’ -- Richard Holloway\u003cbr\u003e‘This \u003cb\u003eimportant \u003c\/b\u003ebook will speak to anyone who has ever suffered harm, or caused harm to others; \u003cb\u003ewhich is all of us\u003c\/b\u003e. The work is unflinching in its honesty and emphasis on forgiveness as a process that cannot be imposed; but it is also \u003cb\u003eimmensely hopeful\u003c\/b\u003e as it invites us to see the possibilities of forgiveness as a human stance that offers hope and freedom from hatred. Anyone with a serious interest in human cruelty and suffering should read this book; \u003cb\u003eit will stretch your mind\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Gwen Adshead, author of The Devil You Know\u003cbr\u003e‘This \u003cb\u003ereassuring and uplifting\u003c\/b\u003e book testifies to the truth of forgiveness . . . \u003cb\u003eBoth provocative and full of hope\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Jon Snow\u003cbr\u003e‘A \u003cb\u003eprofoundly moving and important\u003c\/b\u003e book’ -- Professor Anthony Costello\u003cbr\u003e‘It is absolutely \u003cb\u003eremarkable \u003c\/b\u003ehow Marina Cantacuzino navigates the vast and complex terrain of forgiveness with such \u003cb\u003esensitivity, honesty and insight\u003c\/b\u003e. By skilfully drawing together the threads of personal stories with their infinite nuance and seeming contradictions, she enables and inspires her readers to explore the option of forgiveness within their own lives.\u003cb\u003e I cannot think of a more relevant subject for these challenging times in which humanity’s needs for hope, love and renewal seem stronger than ever\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Angela Findlay, author of In My Grandfather’s Shadow\u003cbr\u003e‘This is a book of \u003cb\u003ecompelling stories, beautifully told\u003c\/b\u003e, illustrating the myriad aspects of forgiveness. What it is not is a self-help “how to forgive” manual. Rather it is something more subtle, gentle and ultimately more inspiring. It invites each of us to delve deep and investigate the contours of forgiveness in our own minds. \u003cb\u003eThe result is a revelatory read – one that might even be life-changing\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Rachel Kelly, mental health advocate and author of Sunday Times bestseller Black Rainbow\u003cbr\u003e‘This book is so profoundly for the current moment that I encourage you to \u003cb\u003eread it without delay\u003c\/b\u003e. What is forgiveness? Impossible yet necessary; difficult yet obvious; painful yet alive with promise. \u003cb\u003eCompelling, convincing and compassionate\u003c\/b\u003e, this book will make you to examine your relationship with yourself, with others, and with the world. \u003cb\u003eA work as beautiful as it is important\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Tessa McWatt, author of Shame on Me\u003cbr\u003e‘This book is a \u003cb\u003ebeautiful tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e about a very hard subject — an\u003cb\u003e important read\u003c\/b\u003e for everyone who has wrestled with forgiving, being forgiven, or both’ -- Sally Kohn, activist and author of The Opposite Of Hate: A Field Guide To Repairing Our Humanity\u003cbr\u003e‘What marks Marina Cantacuzino’s book on forgiveness is that it is an enquiry rather than a persuasion. With journalistic skill, she observes, questions and considers stories; offering insights, but never prescribing. She amplifies stories we never want to hear, but desperately need to hear, offering wisdom from a human tradition that is as embodied as it is enduring: how to survive what we think is unsurvivable. I’ve followed her work for years, and this brilliant book is a remarkable exploration of her decades-long fascination with Forgiveness, its complications and its gifts’ -- Pádraig Ó Tuama\u003cbr\u003e‘Not only is this book \u003cb\u003eexceptional \u003c\/b\u003efor its human interest and accessibility, it is full of \u003cb\u003eprofound insights\u003c\/b\u003e into the complexity of forgiveness and its wide range of meanings, problems and benefits.  Every page exudes the empathy-filled curiosity that has characterized Marina’s exploration of forgiveness over the last two decades. Few will be able to read it without catching some of the empathy or sharing the curiosity, and \u003cb\u003eno one will read it without becoming a little wiser and more humane\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- The Reverend Dr Stephen Cherry, Dean, King’s College, Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e‘A book of\u003cb\u003e true beauty\u003c\/b\u003e. A powerful reminder of how forgiveness can transform lives and restore hope. \u003cb\u003eImportant, moving and profoundly humane\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Francesca Martinez\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eProfound, spellbinding and deeply moving\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cb\u003e Essential reading\u003c\/b\u003e for anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of what it is to be human. Cantacuzino is a \u003cb\u003econsummate storyteller weaving gold\u003c\/b\u003e from the stories of those who’ve taken the courageous messy journey to the freedom that forgiveness ultimately yields. \u003cb\u003eInspiring, compelling and superbly written, I couldn't put it down\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Jennifer Nadel, author, broadcaster, campaigner and co-founder Compassion in Politics\u003cbr\u003e‘Marina Cantacuzino is a passionate advocate of the value of forgiveness. In this \u003cb\u003ehighly readable\u003c\/b\u003e book she explores how individuals achieve forgiveness and how it can break the cycle of hate, revenge and retaliation, and how it can transform the lives of both the perpetrator and the victim or their loved ones.’ -- Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Cambridge University and author of Zero Degrees of Empathy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eForgiveness\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003cb\u003eprofoundly thought-provoking and beautifully written book\u003c\/b\u003e. Cantacuzino leads us through stories of pain and stories of forgiveness with such a light footstep and so much nuanced reflection. She is never dogmatic; never moralises, never tells us what \u003ci\u003eought\u003c\/i\u003e to be done, but creates a work in which we examine our own stance and feelings about the role of forgiveness in life. \u003cb\u003eA wonderful, heart-breaking, elevating read\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Bea Setton, author of Berlin","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866632073559,"sku":"9781398513631","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781398513631.jpg?v=1722279551","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/forgiveness-9781398513631","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}