{"product_id":"9781529372793-this-here-flesh","title":"This Here Flesh","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpirituality, Liberation and the Stories That Make Us: An instant NEW YORK TIMES bestseller. \u003cb\u003eIn her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies explores black spirituality through her family history and personal reflections.\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is the kind of book that makes you different when you're done.' - Ashley C. Ford, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSomebody's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'From the womb, we must repeat with regularity that to love ourselves is to survive. I believe that is what my father wanted for me and knew I would so desperately need: a tool for survival, the truth of my dignity named like a mercy new each morning.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo writes Cole Arthur Riley in an unforgettable book of stories and reflections on discovering the sacred in her skin. In these deeply transporting pages, Cole reflects on the stories of her grandmother and father and encounters of enfleshed, embodied spirituality. As she writes memorably of her own lived experiences of childhood and selfhood, Cole boldly explores some of the most urgent questions of life and faith: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow can spirituality not silence the body, but instead allow it to come alive? \u003cbr\u003eHow do we honour, lament, and heal from the stories we inherit?\u003cbr\u003eHow can we find peace in a world overtaken with dislocation, noise, and unrest?  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once a compelling spiritual meditation and a tender coming-of-age narrative, \u003ci\u003eThis Here Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to ponder the site of the soul by examining our capacity to rest, wonder, joy, rage, and repair - and finding that our humanity is not an enemy to faith but evidence of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exquisite' - Ayo Tomenti, co-founder of Black Lives Matter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39841597980769,"sku":"9781529372793","price":13.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/fb68c32c39dc1e4c295e87a65b2f1237.jpg?v=1645592829","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529372793-this-here-flesh","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}