See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love (Unabridged)
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Publisher Description
#1 LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE • An urgent manifesto and a dramatic memoir of awakening, this is the story of revolutionary love.
“In a world stricken with fear and turmoil, Valarie Kaur shows us how to summon our deepest wisdom.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love
How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valarie Kaur—renowned Sikh activist, filmmaker, and civil rights lawyer—describes revolutionary love as the call of our time, a radical, joyful practice that extends in three directions: to others, to our opponents, and to ourselves. It enjoins us to see no stranger but instead look at others and say: You are part of me I do not yet know. Starting from that place of wonder, the world begins to change: It is a practice that can transform a relationship, a community, a culture, even a nation.
Kaur takes readers through her own riveting journey—as a brown girl growing up in California farmland finding her place in the world; as a young adult galvanized by the murders of Sikhs after 9/11; as a law student fighting injustices in American prisons and on Guantánamo Bay; as an activist working with communities recovering from xenophobic attacks; and as a woman trying to heal from her own experiences with police violence and sexual assault. Drawing from the wisdom of sages, scientists, and activists, Kaur reclaims love as an active, public, and revolutionary force that creates new possibilities for ourselves, our communities, and our world. See No Stranger helps us imagine new ways of being with each other—and with ourselves—so that together we can begin to build the world we want to see.
Customer Reviews
Wow. Just what I needed…
Such an amazingly rare and beautiful occurrence: A woman raised strong in the parallel worlds of deep familial love and genuine spiritual wisdom — AND in the fear and hate-based banalities of everyday American racism.
And she has a voice. Oh, does she have a voice. A voice that rings with purity and kindness, and gently cracks with compassion for those who have “stopped wondering.” A voice that announces her allegiance to “Revolutionary Love” right out loud — as well as her willingness to suffer, if need be, to keep that Love alive. This is the voice of a true Warrior of and for Love. Possibly, and literally, a prophetic one.
She had me with her opening line — and now, an hour in, I am deeply grateful to know her as a true “sister in arms”…
[BTW, I’m a guy.😏]