A Memoir of Love and Death, Hope and Resistance
by Ady Barkan
Recommended by Linda Sarsour
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Politics, Social Sciences, and Nonfiction.
In this inspirational and moving memoirreminiscent of When Breath Becomes Air and The Bright Houractivist Ady Barkan explores his life with ALS and how his diagnosis gave him a profound new understanding of his commitment to social justice for all. Ady Barkan loved taking afternoon runs on the California coast and holding his newborn son, Carl. But...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Politics, Social Sciences, and Nonfiction.
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Linda Sarsour
“PLEASE read @AdyBarkan’s book. So timely, so moving. It will transform how you look at this world and your role in it. He’s dying of ALS, yet has figured out how to breathe so much life in to others.”
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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