Product Description

From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees comes a thoughtful, revelatory book of writings on self and spirit

Before she won an international readership with her novels, Sue Monk Kidd was best known for her smart, passionate spiritual writings. Now many of those early stories and essays (most of which first appeared in Guideposts) are collected in one volume, organized around thirteen spiritual motifs. In Firstlight, Kidd charts her emergence as a writer and seeker; reflects on her roles as wife, mother, daughter, nurse, and artist; and assesses what she has learned in settings as far-flung as Africa and her own home. The result is an intimate, uplifting book, filled with moments of recognition and discovery.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #127196 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780143112327
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
“Kidd’s lovely prose, passion for the spiritual life, and early instincts for telling a compelling story should help this book attract a wide readership.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Thoughtful, moving, often luminous meditations on faith, family, death, and love; on compassion, solitude, and grace.”
—Booklist

About the Author
Sue Monk Kidd is a bestselling novelist and the author of three spiritual memoirs, God’s Joyful Surprise, When the Heart Waits, and The Dance of the Dissident Daughter.

Customer Reviews

Insightful reading
Sue Monk Kidd's work continues to delight. Her short, honest, writings show her to be attentive to the moment as well as to the world around her. This book would be a start to a group discussion for people seeking to live mindful, but interactive, lives. She enjoys the spiritual life of monks without having taken their vows. Readers will gain much from this collection of essays and observations.

great book really enjoyed reading
Wonderful book . It is one you can read all at once or pick up and put down for a bit. Gives you insight into the author.
A really beautiful read. Some really inspirational stories.

More Than a Hundred Inspirations
With her first novel recently made into a major motion picture, Sue Monk Kidd will become more widely known, even to non-readers (do such people really exist?). Therefore, I think it is important for those who loved THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES and THE MERMAID CHAIR to peer into the soul of the author through "notes at random" musings compiled into one neat volume.

Maybe FIRSTLIGHT would not have struck such a chord if I hadn't read it in waiting areas of a Catholic hospital. Ms. Kidd's early memories of special moments with her mother were particularly touching (real lessons for parents here), and I was blown away by the true story of a dogwood tree blooming in September as a healing sign. FIRSTLIGHT provided more than one Kleenex moment and more than a hundred inspirations.